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That is hardcore!
Matthew Allen
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I love writing code in FORTRAN and Assembly, and I still do. And get paid for it.
This is taken at Mason Neck Virginia, last weekend. AF-Nikkor 28mm F2.8 with R60 filter. Resized and converted to JPEG for display. No adjustment to intensity values, they are as they came off the disk.
I have yet to make a Color DIGITAL Photograph with this camera. It would require a filter wheel and three exposures. But I did take the DCS200 back off of it, put on an MF20, and loaded it with color film.
Not bad for a 16-year old CCD.
This is taken at Mason Neck Virginia, last weekend. AF-Nikkor 28mm F2.8 with R60 filter. Resized and converted to JPEG for display. No adjustment to intensity values, they are as they came off the disk.
I have yet to make a Color DIGITAL Photograph with this camera. It would require a filter wheel and three exposures. But I did take the DCS200 back off of it, put on an MF20, and loaded it with color film.
Not bad for a 16-year old CCD.
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morgan
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I thought "real" developers only coded in VB? Do they even make compilers for fortran anymore?
Sorry, I couldn't resist...
They still write FORTRAN compilers. I still use RM Fortran for real-mode and Microway FORTRAN for protected mode. GNU has a FORTRAN compiler.
I used to think Real Programmers write self-modifying code in FORTRAN. But after 30-years of experience, I've broadened my view that Real Programmers write Self-Modifying code in any language.
I used to think Real Programmers write self-modifying code in FORTRAN. But after 30-years of experience, I've broadened my view that Real Programmers write Self-Modifying code in any language.
IGMeanwell
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Your post reminds me of one of my favorite articles by Rob Galbraith
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-6463-7191
As another note
I had a wedding in boston over the weekend (at the Liberty Hotel, hands down the darkest venue I have ever worked in) and two of the guests were former (they were in their late 60s respectively) wedding photographers, one was also a former AP photographer in New Hampshire. To make a really long story very short, the former AP photographer had some interesting insight into the switch from film to digital, how he didn't embrace it until Fuji released the S1 and S2 (a bit of common ground because I was shooting with an S5), also how he doesn't really like the way wedding photography now stresses more on candids or photojournalistic style and less on the older traditional portraiture (this was a view both of them shared)... anyways he was asked me if I shot film? I added that I keep two old backup cameras loaded with two types of film if they are needed, but otherwise I use film for specific things or when I like using a specific camera (like my rolleiflex)
This is not really trying to make an argument one way or another
The one thing I will say is it seems to be a conversation between photographers... I rarely have guests or wedding party or any other clients comment on equipment past "nice camera" or "why don't you always use flash" (all pretty innocent curiosity type questions) ... to anybody else its more about the results than anything else.
Turtle
Veteran
I get weird looks sometimes, but about as often as people profess to loving real B&W prints. I always enjoy exhibiting fibre prints, as there are always a few print sniffers who subtly try to find out what printer, paper and inkset I am using. My reasons for using film are pretty clear, although I use digital too. It tends to be the better image makers that understand and those fixated with technological solutions to their lack of creativity who insist on the 'better/worse' argument. In such cases I usually ask for their website....an 95% of the time get, "Oh, erm, it kinda not up and running yet/being overhauled bla bla bla".
TheHub
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Yesterday while out roaming around with my M3 and Nikon FE looking for photo ops I was approached by a "PROFESSIONAL"
SO.......Are you a "REAL" photographer???
Trolls like that are best ignored. You should have asked if his DO NOT FEED THE TROLL sign fell off ...
morgan
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That is seriously true. I think the last time I tried FORTRAN (and assembler) was on my Apple II. But to me, Assembly is pretty serious stuff. I live on in actionscript and other simple scripting languages.