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Would Ansel Adams Have Gone Digital?
I missed this interesting but perhaps ultimately pointless article which was mentioned on Slashdot a few days ago, until Ed Krimen emailed me - thanks Ed 
Would Ansel Adams Have Gone Digital? Personally I very much doubt it, but Richard LoPinto, vice president for SLR camera systems at Nikon Inc, thinks he would have loved digital cameras.
LoPinto is quoted as saying “He shot with a large-format camera and had the patience to stand around waiting for hours for the perfect shot, but he also used our Nikon FM series cameras,” LoPinto continued. “I would like to speculate, and it’s purely my personal opinion, that were he with us today he would be really taken by the technology and would be at the forefront.”
Anyway, I’ll let you read the full article here and make up your own minds:
Website: Fortune.com - Would Ansel Adams Have Gone Digital?
Website: Slashdot
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#1 Mark Bridgers
The January/February Photo Techniques magazine has another article on a similar subject -- would Ansel use Photoshop? The author of that article believes he would be using photoshop, and probably working some with digital SLRs, but more likely scanning his film.
1:15 pm - Wednesday, December 17, 2003
#2 David Adam Edelstein
There's no question; he would have. I don't have it right here, but in one of his books on technique (I think it's The Negative or The Print) he says (loose quote from memory) "I've been delighted at the developments in film technology in my lifetime. I have no doubt that developments in digital technology will exceed anything we thought was possible with film, and I hope I'm there to see it."
10:12 pm - Wednesday, December 17, 2003
#3 Phil
Using Ansel Adams for crass promotional purposes is pretty shameless. I studied under Ansel Adams and if he used a 35mm it was more likely for a paperweight. Is there no limit to promoting one's product by guessing what someone would do if they were alive? I would hope Nikon apologizes and moves on to something more useful.
10:54 pm - Wednesday, December 17, 2003
#4 Ed Garrard
"Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs", page 152, is one example of his using 35mm. I found a copy in my local library, but Amazon sells them too.
7:38 am - Thursday, December 18, 2003
#5 David Adam Edelstein
OK, I haven't found the comment I was thinking of, but here's one from the introduction to The Negative:
"I eagerly await new concepts and processes. I believe that the electronic image will be the next major advance. Such systems will have their own inherent and inescapable structural characteristics, and the artist and functional practitioner will again strive to comprehend and control them."
3:22 pm - Thursday, December 18, 2003
#6 James Travis
Ansel Adams might not have the adopted digital camera as his first or second choice. Adams would surely have explored digital to the fullest. His book of exceptional Polaroid photography leaves no doubt about the will and ability to go the extra mile with a technology.
4:16 pm - Friday, December 19, 2003