In message <13ucsb96aqrqt4f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Pumper Hinkle
<ralphcompton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>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.
>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?
Went digital and never looked back.
Gave away my film cameras a couple of years ago. Next door neighbour
"skipped" all the dark room equipment as he could not give it way at car
boot sales or on ebay.
Ignore all the crap about film Vs digital. Unless you are blowing things
up over A3 (about 12 × 17) 8-12 MP digital will be fine. In fact if
you are not going much over A4 (9 × 12 ) 6MP will be great.
SO a D300 will do all you want
In reality this bollax about film V digital only applies for pedants
discussing numbers. In reality mere mortals will never notice the
difference and enthusiast only do when the blow things up and use a
magnifier. (And some I think are lying to themselves)
Besides the film and developing costs are far cheaper for digital Not to
mention the fact that a complete dark room resides in a laptop. I can
process my pictures in daylight at a coffee shop or on the train and
send them via a mobile phone to anywhere in the world.
BTW with a good RAW processor (eg www.dxo.com) and photshop I can do
far more than a dark room ever could. Including "retaking" the photo by
several stops.
Those still arguing for film for normal use are like those arguing for
using cassette tapes, vinyl LPs, valve radios, and that 35mm film
(instead of glass plates)
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