[Leica] A good while ago

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Lottermoser George
Subject: Re: [Leica] A good while ago

>>Just for the record - I'm not presenting a "Digital v: Analogue"  
discussion. I totally embrace digital capture. Love it.

My discussion intended only to address the economic considerations of  
digital; and the fact that, unless you're exposing 100's of rolls per  
month, digital capture does not make "economic" sense. It certainly  
makes a good deal of sense in a professional world which demands it;  
as well as for all of it's other ease of use pluses; not to mention  
the blending into our technological lives.<<<


Hi George,
I think people who are the weekend warriors of photography wouldn't be
affected as much as those of us who do our picture taking as professionals.

Obviously the amateur doesn't shoot 63 rolls of film in one day, let alone a
month. So in that sense I can rationalize any economic switch to digital if
one is only shooting a half dozen rolls a month or less. 

There is another factor we professionals have to consider to stay viable in
the business community. That is the demands of.... "I need these pictures
like yesterday, so transmit from location!" Alost a normal request these
days.

Actually my son Scott is transmitting his sports images as soon as they're
shot so the client can up load the cream, "well I'm sorry but his work is
all cream!" ;-) hey his father can say that. Right? ;-) 

Obviously if one is in business we're almost forced into digitallike it or
not. But that's another thing if we're comparing the amateur group to the
pros.

ted