Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan, It sounds like you have never used the Nikon F6. Bob On Feb 1, 2009, at 9:24 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I too have never been attracted by b/w images from digital color. >> Don't know why. I could very well just be a snob or something, but I >> don't think so. When it comes to color images, I wouldn't touch film. >> So I'm not totally hung up on film. But when it comes to b/w ... >> digital doesn't do it for me. > >> Daniel > ======================================================= > I thought I might be the only one who felt like this. I've been > taking more > personal color pictures with my 30D, than I have on color film, but > when I want to > record an image that speaks to me as B&W, I feel it is more > appropriate to > use a medium that has ONLY that capability. It appears I've > evolved into > a color=digital/B&W=film mode. I guess I just believe the decision on > monochrome or color should come at the time of exposure, and be > irrevocable. > The other part of this is that my film cameras are just so much > simpler and more > fun to use. They have no menus, buttons, or batteries, just one- > function controls, > they're smaller, and they focus where I tell them to. ;~) > > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information