Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, fine with me. Best, Rudy --- Website: http://www.avianart.com PGP Public Key : http://www.avianart.com/pub/GPGP-PublicKey.asc On Jan 4, 2010, at 12:58 AM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > Rudy said: > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: 2010 >> This might be Jayanand, but *for me* there is no digital substitute for a >> slide projector. <<< > > Aw gee whiz Rudy and I was beginning to like you! ;-) :-) :-) > > I have two Leica projectors sitting here never been used in probably more > than 8-9 years at least. WHY? > > Well I haven't shot slide film for at least that long and when I prepare a > new lecture and I require slide film images from my files, I scan them to > digital images that are dropped into the program along with true digital > images shot with a digital camera of whatever make at the day. > > When they come up on screen from a digital projector they all look > smashing and I'd say extremely difficult to tell one from the other. Film > or digital. > > And as far as shooting film, B&W or colour ever again? I would have to be > paid an enormous amount of money to do so! Not worth the time and effort > of processing, chemicals and trips back and forth to the colour lab > waiting for the film to be souped. > > If one has a reasonable filing system for digital there isn't any reason > not to find an image whether you shot it today or 10 years ago. Yes we all > know of and heard of, the "digital fade factor and equipment to read the > images on a disk." But being the logical reasonable understanding types > most photographers are, it's quite simple to avoid the fade and equipment > factor.... we move or up grade as time and technical aspects change. We > then are always able to retrieve whatever image in all it's glory as > though it were shot that day! > > Do I understand all things digital? NOT A HOPE! :-) But I've stumbled > along and so far it's just the greatest for my life as a photojournalist. > As I said I wouldn't go back to film unless I was paid handsomely and > somebody else did all the running around taking film to the lab and > picking it up. And waiting time! > > During my 60 years as a professional souping all my B&W film of various > sizes, there's not a hope in hell I'd ever want to do it again. Not for > any particular reason, but it's a big pain in the ass and digital is so > much easier. :-) And digital quality is becoming so incredible that it > puts film on the back of the stove never to be considered of any use ever > again. > > And the quality of digital imaging is improving daily and going to be well > beyond our wildest quality imagination! cheers, > ted > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information