by "Frank Arthur" <Art@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Mar 23, 2008 at 12:23 PM
"Pumper Hinkle" <ralphcompton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I am an amateur and I've been shooting with an SLR for over 40 years.
>In that time I have picked up some sense of good photographic
>techniques. I use photography to illustrate techniques and do***ent
>processes as well as the usual snapshots of family and friends.
>
> When my trusty old Spotmatic died from severe trauma, and couldn't
> be repaired, I didn't know quite where to turn next. I ended up
> getting a Nikon N-80 to see if I wanted to go Nikon. That led to
> Nikon accessories such as lenses and flashes and eventually an FM3a
> (which I dearly love but now rarely use). Then I picked up a
> D-100. At first I bounced between film and digital but now I only
> use the digital and am beginning to covet an upgrade to the D300 and
> I don't anticipate ever shooting film again.
>
> At this point I think it would probably be wise of me to sell off my
> film cameras for whatever I can get and use that towards the D300
> and an SB800.
>
> So, For those of you who have abandoned film in favor of the
> chip, and have gotten rid of their film cameras, what regrets do you
> have? If any?
>
> Ralph
Buy a roll of 35mm Film and add to that the cost of Processing into
slides and waiting a week or more to see the results. Compare that to
the cost of 36 digital images and how long it takes to process. Here's
the answer why I haven't bought any fil in years.
