Ducky
Well-known
Welcome to the roller coaster. The highs arer great but the dips get to the stomach. My budget allows me to only ride the kiddie coaster so I shoot FEDs and a Fujifilm S6000 with 10x zoom. I like both.
Ducky
Ducky
AusDLK
Famous Photographer
Now, I never meant to suggest that I was thinking of selling my RF gear.
And, as many of you may remember, I was an (unpopular) and vocal critic of the M8 when it came out. I have to admit that since I've grown fond the larger and louder S5, it may be easier now to accept some of things that I so disliked about the M8...
And, as many of you may remember, I was an (unpopular) and vocal critic of the M8 when it came out. I have to admit that since I've grown fond the larger and louder S5, it may be easier now to accept some of things that I so disliked about the M8...
jan normandale
Film is the other way
AusDLK said:
Jeez Dave, you're leaving and I hardly knew you! Happy DSLR Trails!
BTW can I have all your RF stuff and film for cheap?
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Chris101
summicronia
Hey Dave,
I jumped into the digiworld in 1999 and flourished there until 2006, adding up two digicams and two dslrs. I probably won't give up my digital stuff, but I have returned to film. I gotta say my style and technical ability has been improved for the excursion.
But I did finally realize that all that flash art was just that. Momentarily there, and then onto CD and gone. For one, a digital file is not a thing. It's more of a conceptual image than a picture. The idea that I could extract parts or change everything around made it seem more ... disposable.
Being able to see my negatives is a real boon to my photography. I now feel like I'm making something again.
So enjoy your time with digital - the instant feedback, and mutability is priceless. But do try to keep your eye on the idea of a photograph, rather than getting carried away by images.
I jumped into the digiworld in 1999 and flourished there until 2006, adding up two digicams and two dslrs. I probably won't give up my digital stuff, but I have returned to film. I gotta say my style and technical ability has been improved for the excursion.
But I did finally realize that all that flash art was just that. Momentarily there, and then onto CD and gone. For one, a digital file is not a thing. It's more of a conceptual image than a picture. The idea that I could extract parts or change everything around made it seem more ... disposable.
Being able to see my negatives is a real boon to my photography. I now feel like I'm making something again.
So enjoy your time with digital - the instant feedback, and mutability is priceless. But do try to keep your eye on the idea of a photograph, rather than getting carried away by images.
Marc-A.
I Shoot Film
Dave,
I appreciate very much your work, you know that, and if you do the same with a DSLR, then go for it
Now, I don't understand the question:
Just because you're shooting now with a DSLR, you wonder whether it's the end of RF!
I know you're a famous photographer and have deep influence on all of us, but please don't worry, RF world will still go round tomorrow
Ok good people, leave your RF gear, sell them all, and maybe I'll have a chance to buy a cheap Summilux 1.4/50
I appreciate very much your work, you know that, and if you do the same with a DSLR, then go for it
Now, I don't understand the question:
Just because you're shooting now with a DSLR, you wonder whether it's the end of RF!
I know you're a famous photographer and have deep influence on all of us, but please don't worry, RF world will still go round tomorrow
Ok good people, leave your RF gear, sell them all, and maybe I'll have a chance to buy a cheap Summilux 1.4/50
amateriat
We're all light!
I say: give the S5 a good wringing out, add it to your permanent arsenal if it truly serves a purpose, but try and keep as much of your current setup as possible...no need to give up one for the sake of the other (philosophically, at least; cash-flow is another matter).
In the last few years, whenever I've felt any urge to to "go digital" in a big way, I've borrowed a friend's Olympus C8080 and shot with it until the urge went away.
- Barrett
In the last few years, whenever I've felt any urge to to "go digital" in a big way, I've borrowed a friend's Olympus C8080 and shot with it until the urge went away.
- Barrett
kalokeri
larger than 35mm
Dave, I know what you mean.
When I gave into buying a D80 I found a thrilling new way to take pictures. But I came back to film and to old fashioned rangefinders. I´m using both systems at the moment and can really imagine to use a digital rangefindercamera.
Thomas
When I gave into buying a D80 I found a thrilling new way to take pictures. But I came back to film and to old fashioned rangefinders. I´m using both systems at the moment and can really imagine to use a digital rangefindercamera.
Thomas
RayPA
Ignore It (It'll go away)
I've never understood why it has to be a one-or-the-other proposition. I agree with the assessement about the D200. I really enjoy using mine, but there's still much magic in shooting with film and rangefinders.
amateriat
We're all light!
To make a point about digital...
Besides the silly-cam built into my current cell phone, I have a "vintage" Olympus D-510 Zoom digital p/s, which I use primarily for quick n' dirty documentation and the like. I don't like pressing it into service for something of greater import, but once in a while I do it out of abject necessity, such as tonight when I went to see my favorite "avant-pop" group, Split the Lark (with the amazing Janine Nichols), at my fave watering hole, Barbes, here in the Slope. I have to fight hard with the camera to get it to do things it wasn't quite designed to do, and not having film's elasticity to play with doesn't help things much either. But, once in a while, I come away with something that makes me smile, if mostly rather wanly.
But, next time, out come the Hexars.
- Barrett
Besides the silly-cam built into my current cell phone, I have a "vintage" Olympus D-510 Zoom digital p/s, which I use primarily for quick n' dirty documentation and the like. I don't like pressing it into service for something of greater import, but once in a while I do it out of abject necessity, such as tonight when I went to see my favorite "avant-pop" group, Split the Lark (with the amazing Janine Nichols), at my fave watering hole, Barbes, here in the Slope. I have to fight hard with the camera to get it to do things it wasn't quite designed to do, and not having film's elasticity to play with doesn't help things much either. But, once in a while, I come away with something that makes me smile, if mostly rather wanly.
But, next time, out come the Hexars.
- Barrett
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