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It's over for me!
Never, ever thought I would be stating this (never thought I'd forsake Kodak
for Fuji either for that matter!) but today I sadly parted with my 4x5 system and my NIkon F5...for digital. Yes, digital. Having spent the better part of last month shooting exclusively digital, the writing was clear on the wall. It's all that I developed a need for. Instant review. Total (almost) control to make the shot that I saw. Waste not, want not, trash can the rejects. Well...change is good. Right? Re-discovering why photography has had this hold on me for so many years. And still loving it! |
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It's over for me!
I smell a Troll.
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It's over for me!
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"Bart van der Wolf" wrote: I smell a Troll. Yep and what makes the pathetic loser think they will make better pictures just because they have a digital camera. -- When you live next to the graveyard, you can't cry at every funeral. |
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It's over for me!
I smell a Troll.
Yep and what makes the pathetic loser think they will make better pictures just because they have a digital camera. I didn't see it that way. It hasn't been cross-posted to any other photo groups I'm on. He doesn't say that he is taking better pictures or that the digital will enable him to do so. He just says that he is enjoying his hobby more with digital than his other equipment. A little off topic perhaps in a nature group, but it doesn't seem like trolling to me. However, calling him a "pathetic loser...because he has a digital camera" is kind of harsh, and sounds like sour grapes to me. I don't shoot digital- I'm a Minolta user and they haven't brought one out yet, besides I like projected slides best of all. Yet I do have a scanner, digitize my slides, and inkjet print them. It would be nice to have a digital file to start with sometimes. The extra magnification you get with digital really makes a huge difference in macro work, which is my favorite type of shooting. I don't think I'll get better shots- just better magnification. There are pluses and minuses to everything. Including your comment. Dukephoto |
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It's over for me!
I smell a troll too - and it is NOT the poster of the original message!!!
"MDCORE" wrote in message ... I smell a Troll. Yep and what makes the pathetic loser think they will make better pictures just because they have a digital camera. I didn't see it that way. It hasn't been cross-posted to any other photo groups I'm on. He doesn't say that he is taking better pictures or that the digital will enable him to do so. He just says that he is enjoying his hobby more with digital than his other equipment. A little off topic perhaps in a nature group, but it doesn't seem like trolling to me. However, calling him a "pathetic loser...because he has a digital camera" is kind of harsh, and sounds like sour grapes to me. I don't shoot digital- I'm a Minolta user and they haven't brought one out yet, besides I like projected slides best of all. Yet I do have a scanner, digitize my slides, and inkjet print them. It would be nice to have a digital file to start with sometimes. The extra magnification you get with digital really makes a huge difference in macro work, which is my favorite type of shooting. I don't think I'll get better shots- just better magnification. There are pluses and minuses to everything. Including your comment. Dukephoto |
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It's over for me!
Bart,
Did you ever realize you are a massive abuser by using a domainname ]) which does not belong to you?? A quick search learns you abused this domainname over 4000 times... The spamrobots certainly have picked this one up by now over the years. I bet you do this to avoid spam, however, the company which owns the domainname recieves all the spam caused by your abuse of their domain. I hope for you they will not report this, or worse, file a claim for damages. If I were you, I would use things like @no.spam . Just a suggestion. "Bart van der Wolf" wrote in message ... I smell a Troll. |
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It's over for me!
I smell a troll too - and it is NOT the poster of the original message!!!
Damn!!! I usually don't bite. I do not like to feed the trolls. Very sheepishly- Dukephoto |
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It's over for me!
I smell a Troll. Yep and what makes the pathetic loser think they will make better pictures just because they have a digital camera Whoa! I make a couple of statements about what I did, and I'm suddenly a troll and a pathetic loser! Real friendly newsgroup you got going here...if this is any indication. |
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It's over for me!
Never, ever thought I would be stating this (never thought I'd forsake Kodak
for Fuji either for that matter!) but today I sadly parted with my 4x5 system and my NIkon F5...for digital. Why not a digital back for the 4X5 if control of the image was your goal? Carl May |
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It's over for me!
Why not a digital back for the 4X5 if control of the image was your goal?
Excellent question and one I did ask myself. I've spent years running around woods and streams and learned that some "left behind shots" were in fact those worth making. 4x5, which I loved, really set me apart from whomever I ran across in the wild (with the exception of Jack Dykinga) but I finally realized that it is the PHOTOGRAPH that sets one apart and not the equipment. And having the shot versus screwing up and wasting a tremendous amount of time so doing, is my goal. No matter what, try it, view it, save it or trashcan it, it is now immediate, which puts me in greater touch with what I shoot. After all, isn't our goal to capture what we see in our minds, versus the limitationsand the costs of the process? 4x5 shooters? More power to you all, I respect you and am awed at your abilities. For me it boils down to a desire to please me... and boy is that selfish or what!? |
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