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12/13/2003
2:42:20 PM | I don't shoot digital because I can't afford it. After working at a professional custom lab processing printing from 35mm, med format, 4x5, consumer and professional digital camera output and digital art, I learned that digital CCD's found in digital cameras do not capture the life and natural color that film records.
| John
2/5/2004
2:42:20 PM | He he...I don't shoot film because I can't afford it. Once I made the investment in a consumer digital (500$ today) I found that the cost of film and developing was hindering my photography. | Fiona
2/5/2004
2:42:20 PM | HA! The ongoing fight between Film and Digital!
I shoot film because I am not yet convinced that there is anything else that can beat the quality (yet!). However, when contributing to a site like this, or trying to use the web as an outlet for photographs, it gets to be a real pain scanning prints or negatives... | Eli
2/5/2004
2:42:20 PM | He's nuts I tell ya | Van
2/5/2004
2:42:20 PM | Digital is the way to go, I have to say. I've had my camera (albeit a very good one...) 11 months now, and I've taken 13,000 photos with it.
I do confess, people can tell that it's digital and not film -- they're always asking me, "where are the dust specs and scratches on the negatives?" | John
2/5/2004
2:42:20 PM | Check out this link http://www.luminous-landscape.com/d30_vs_film.htm ... it sold me on the D30 as an equal to film...however there are several pro cameras that came out since. The D30 is 3MegaPixels compared to the new generation of pro digitals. (Canon's pro is 4MP, the Kodak DCS760 is 6MP, etc.) Perhaps resolution isn't the deciding factor...but look at speed, ISO, Confidence, etc.
I used to say you are shooting digital or your shooting medium format...how long this last? | Van
2/5/2004
2:42:20 PM | I like the D30 -- it's also what I use, so I've had lots of time to learn it's good and bad features.
The D30's CMOS sensor (as opposed to CCD) gives this particular camera fantastic quality. There are many people that believe the CMOS is more like "real film." A CCD is almost too sharp and sureal. This is like one of those compact-disk-versus-vinyl arguments.
In reality, when any of the major companies (Canon, Nikon, Kodak, Fuji) releases a pro digital SLR, it's pretty darn good. These cameras are very expensive, and they're marketed to people who take a lot of pictures. These people demand quality for their money, so the companies do their best to deliver it. | | |
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