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Sunday Morning Photographer: The Gestalt of 35mm Tri-X vs. Digital
Mike Johnston’s weekly column considers a question asked by one of Mike’s readers; Do you feel that your photography (the “art” part, not the “gearhead” part) is better using your Sony 707 (digital camera) or using Contax and film?
“A great deal of the technology in modern cameras exists to enable amateur and occasional photographers to do automatically — without knowledge or practice — what dedicated photographers have been learning to do, and training themselves to do, and doing, for more than a century.”
Website: Sunday Morning Photographer: The Gestalt of 35mm Tri-X vs. Digital
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#1 Sean
An interesting and balanced article which really boils down to do what you enjoy doing, and ultimately it is the end result that counts, not how you achieved it.
Photography is about capturing an image, the mechanics to achieve that are not important.
I am a digital fan, it is quick and convenient and I enjoy being able to manipulate images on the computer. Messing around with film, chemicals and darkrooms just doesn't have any appeal to me, although I am always impressed with those pin sharp, fine art B&W prints. The printing itself is an artforn in itself.
Sean
1:33 am - Monday, October 13, 2003
#2 Mark Goldstein
I couldn't agree more Sean, which is why there will be a few changes to PhotographyBLOG in the next few weeks which will make it more of a photography website, as well as being a photography equipment website.
2:00 pm - Monday, October 13, 2003
#3 Sue
Here's two of the quotes I liked from the article:
Let's face reality: many people these days, especially photo enthusiasts with jobs and families and busy lives, don't have the time or the discipline to learn how to judge exposure by eye or use a manual meter. Many don't practice enough to focus more surely than AF can. And most have neither the time nor the investment in space and equipment to process their own film and make their own handcrafted prints.
Digital is convenient and enabling for them. It's a fantastic learning tool, because each exposure doesn't cost anything, and because of the instant feedback. It's great for those who don't photograph enough to be secure about what they've caught on film — they can check their results right away. It's especially great for those who want to make fine prints but don't have a darkroom or darkroom skills, because all you need is a desktop printer, Photoshop or its equivalent, and a trust fund to buy ink. And its fun. I think it is, anyway.
I'm certainly enjoying my digital cameras. I had a blast with my film camera too, but that $50 a weekend cost for developement and film was just too much. I took about 300 pictures this weekend.. and that's pretty average. At least disk storage is pretty cheap these days.
4:02 pm - Monday, October 13, 2003