Is Digital slowly taking over on RRF?

[raid]

I just threw away my vinyl collection and turntable. I had to pay money to use the county dumpster to get rid off the albums.

 

[nonot]

It's funny, I've used quite a few really great digital cameras ranging from point and shoot to dslr's, low to high end and none of them give the same feeling as any of my film cameras. That feeling is admittedly an intangible, but it makes perfect sense to me, and since I'm not paid to take photos nor do I have the desire to shoot 500 shots a day, I'm not too concerned with the practicality of digital at all. Whether this place is taken over by digital or not, let's hope the archives are kept well intact!

 

[user237428934]

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Clearaudio Statement Turntable Price: $150,000.00
Clearaudio Master Reference Turntable Price: $27,500.00
Roksan TMS-2 Turntable Price: $19,995.00
EAR Disc Master Turntable Price: $17,000.00
Clearaudio Maximum Solution
AMG Wood CMB Turntable Price: $16,000.00

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you can look at this from two directions

a) quality still sells
or
b) you can sell a stupid dude everything as long as it's expensive and exclusive enough

same with Leica, isn't it?

 

[dee]

A Canon G2 Digibox revived my fascination with taking photos .

This led to Zorki / Fed 1 and twin Fed 1 g " Leicas '' , which in turn begat Kiev , then Contax . So how could digital be so terrible ?

An inheritance allowed a Leica Dig 3 , used , enabled me to revive my Rokkors and a Leica M8 my Russian lenses ... probably way above my comptency level , but MANUAL .
For me it's all about taking pictures - either slide film or digitised ... and about gathering in cameras which ground me .

I love this place because I learn a lot . I just hope that it can survive a shift in emphasis .

Respect .

dee

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

I love this place because I learn a lot . I just hope that it can survive a shift in emphasis .

It will survive ok Dee, because even if we are not using them, we can sit and fondle them - while we reminisce!😉
Dave.

 

[je2a3]

The LP analogy is hardly comparable to film.......

It depends on which branch of the audio hobby you are looking at. You depicted the high-end audio scene and agree 100%!

However there is a small sector of music lovers who adopt unloved vintage pro-grade/studio quality equipment and DIY their electronics because they burned out of the upgrade syndrome prevalent in high-end. IME, these systems only sound good with audiophile oriented software. Being a professional musician, I collect software based on musical merit and use a vintage Garrard 301.

If you look under the hood, the engineering that went into this machine is comparable to its contemporary, the Leica M3. This turntable makes a modern VPI or Clearaudio look like a Canon QL17. To my ears, it also sounds so much better because the idler drive system is more stable than belt drive. Rumble is practically nil if properly serviced and mounted on a heavy plinth since it was originally designed for use in radio station/recording studio consoles.

I still find affordable used LPs in thrift stores and flea markets in the same way that as long as I can obtain film, I will use it with my rangefinder cameras.

No flames intended, just my opinion.....

 

[Frankie]

It depends on which branch of the audio hobby you are looking at. You depicted the high-end audio scene and agree 100%!

You might be interested to know I started my journey with an AR-XA...cost $65 including a Shure M91ED cartridge.

 

[je2a3]

You might be interested to know I started my journey with an AR-XA...cost $65 including a Shure M91ED cartridge.

Cool, that was my turntable in college (early 80s) found in a thrift store and played very nice tunes. 🙂

 

[ElectroWNED]

good news for me... maybe I can afford a nicer film rangefinder once everybody gets out of the racket.

 

[Bike Tourist]

As mentioned by me more than once, I first have a Nikon D700 that provides a little extra retirement income through internet stock sales. The D700 may be the best camera I've ever owned. There is never a rejection for artifacts or other quality issues. It is rare that I ever get a scanned film image accepted, even though I myself accept and even like film grain.

My hope is to gradually acquire the components of a nice film rangefinder as an means to more personal work. Meanwhile, I can simulate the spirit of RF photography when I wander around with a 50 prime on the D700 set for B+W film emulation.

Again, as previously mentioned, I find the discourse at RFF a cut above average and the images better than most sites.