The origin of the thread, apparently posted in a variety of forums, was the following post, entitled "Would you go back to film?"
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Hi All,
It's been a while since I read a good film vs digital debate, but here are the usual topics:
Image quality - is film still better? With DLSR's now giving up to 14 stops of DR and 50MP I'm not so sure...
Roll size, remember you only got 24/36 shots per film, then there is down time while reloading. So the 1DxII at full tilt would give you 3 seconds of shooting before needing a refill...
Backup/security - no such thing as dual card slots with film, and only one negative for the archive
No chimping - you had to wait until the film was developed to see if the shot worked
Limited editing options - imagine a world without lightroom!
Cost - film is now more expensive then ever, plus the processing fees...
Given the above, could you go back to it? Anybody still using film for professional work?
It is hard to imagine why answering, "No, I would not, and here is why..." would be unexpected or so upsetting to those who still enjoy using film. That is, after all, what the post asked about. It is, after all, what most who participated in the thread posted about.
Yes, I've had it up to here with folks, some of whom have been banned from the forum in the past for this kind of behavior, whose insistence on perfect politically correct adherence to their current point of view leads them to repeatedly and personally attack anyone with a different perspective, with the ultimate goal accomplishing what? Humiliation? Persuasion? Making anyone who disagrees shut up and go away? A thread in which only people who prefer film over digital are allowed to post? Killing yet another thread with their disagreeableness? Something else?
The origin of the thread, apparently posted in a variety of forums, was the following post, entitled "Would you go back to film?"
- - -
Hi All,
It's been a while since I read a good film vs digital debate, but here are the usual topics:
Image quality - is film still better? With DLSR's now giving up to 14 stops of DR and 50MP I'm not so sure...
Roll size, remember you only got 24/36 shots per film, then there is down time while reloading. So the 1DxII at full tilt would give you 3 seconds of shooting before needing a refill...
Backup/security - no such thing as dual card slots with film, and only one negative for the archive
No chimping - you had to wait until the film was developed to see if the shot worked
Limited editing options - imagine a world without lightroom!
Cost - film is now more expensive then ever, plus the processing fees...
Given the above, could you go back to it? Anybody still using film for professional work?
It is hard to imagine why answering, "No, I would not, and here is why..." would be unexpected or so upsetting to those who still enjoy using film. That is, after all, what the post asked about. It is, after all, what most who participated in the thread posted about.
Yes, I've had it up to here with folks, some of whom have been banned from the forum in the past for this kind of behavior, whose insistence on perfect politically correct adherence to their point of view at the time leads them to repeatedly and personally attack anyone with a different perspective, with the ultimate goal accomplishing what? Humiliation? Persuasion? Making anyone who disagrees shut up and go away? A thread in which only people who prefer film over digital are allowed to post? Something else?
The origin of the thread, apparently posted in a variety of forums, was the following post, entitled "Would you go back to film?"
- - -
Hi All,
It's been a while since I read a good film vs digital debate, but here are the usual topics:
Image quality - is film still better? With DLSR's now giving up to 14 stops of DR and 50MP I'm not so sure...
Roll size, remember you only got 24/36 shots per film, then there is down time while reloading. So the 1DxII at full tilt would give you 3 seconds of shooting before needing a refill...
Backup/security - no such thing as dual card slots with film, and only one negative for the archive
No chimping - you had to wait until the film was developed to see if the shot worked
Limited editing options - imagine a world without lightroom!
Cost - film is now more expensive then ever, plus the processing fees...
Given the above, could you go back to it? Anybody still using film for professional work?
It is hard to image why answering, "No, I would not, and here is why..." would be unexpected or so upsetting to those who still enjoy using film.
Yes, I've had it up to here with folks, some of whom have been banned from the forum in the past for this behavior, whose insistence on perfect political correct adherence to their point of view leads them to repeatedly and personally attack anyone with a different perspective, with the ultimate goal accomplishing what? Humiliation? Persuasion? Making anyone who disagrees shut up and go away? A thread in which only people who prefer film over digital are allowed to post? Something else?
The origin of the thread, apparently posted in a variety of forums, was the following post, entitled "Would you go back to film?"
- - -
Hi All,
It's been a while since I read a good film vs digital debate, but here are the usual topics:
Image quality - is film still better? With DLSR's now giving up to 14 stops of DR and 50MP I'm not so sure...
Roll size, remember you only got 24/36 shots per film, then there is down time while reloading. So the 1DxII at full tilt would give you 3 seconds of shooting before needing a refill...
Backup/security - no such thing as dual card slots with film, and only one negative for the archive
No chimping - you had to wait until the film was developed to see if the shot worked
Limited editing options - imagine a world without lightroom!
Cost - film is now more expensive then ever, plus the processing fees...
Given the above, could you go back to it? Anybody still using film for professional work?
Yes, I've had it up to here with folks, some of whom have been banned from the forum in the past for this behavior, whose insistence on perfect political correct adherence to their point of view leads them to repeatedly and personally attack anyone with a different perspective, with the ultimate goal accomplishing what? Humiliation? Persuasion? Making anyone who disagrees shut up and go away? A thread in which only people who prefer film over digital are allowed to post? Something else?
Dec 27, 2016 at 06:20 PM
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