People who write serious articles about digital cameras

On Sun, 5 Sep 2010 20:20:21 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote:
: I'm speaking here about professionals who make a living writing about
: photography. I read another article where the author had to start a
: "Down Memory Lane" jag about film.
: They should no longer be wasting space including any comments on film
: cameras. Film is DEAD. It has been dead since Canon released the
: 30D. The nails in its coffin where pounded in when 8 megapixel DSLRs
: appeared. Some darkroom alchemist may be able to wring 8 megapixels
: of info out of 35mm film, but that is the absolute limit, lack of
: resolution being only one shortcoming of film. Film today is being
: rapidly abandoned by professionals and amateurs should do the same
: unless they are after some look film provides that digital can't, and
: today that covers very little ground. But if you are going to write
: some kind of comparison article, stick to digital versus digital,
: because comparing digital versus film is a useless exercise.

Is there a law in Ontario that compels you to read the articles written about
film? If not, why do you care? If so, your problems transcend photography, and
you ought to be out on the streets raising Hell instead of wasting your time
babbling to us.

Bob

On 9/6/10 6:45 AM, in article ,
"Robert Coe" wrote:

On Sun, 5 Sep 2010 20:20:21 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote:
: I'm speaking here about professionals who make a living writing about
: photography. I read another article where the author had to start a
: "Down Memory Lane" jag about film.
: They should no longer be wasting space including any comments on film
: cameras. Film is DEAD. It has been dead since Canon released the
: 30D. The nails in its coffin where pounded in when 8 megapixel DSLRs
: appeared. Some darkroom alchemist may be able to wring 8 megapixels
: of info out of 35mm film, but that is the absolute limit, lack of
: resolution being only one shortcoming of film. Film today is being
: rapidly abandoned by professionals and amateurs should do the same
: unless they are after some look film provides that digital can't, and
: today that covers very little ground. But if you are going to write
: some kind of comparison article, stick to digital versus digital,
: because comparing digital versus film is a useless exercise.

Is there a law in Ontario that compels you to read the articles written about
film? If not, why do you care? If so, your problems transcend photography, and
you ought to be out on the streets raising Hell instead of wasting your time
babbling to us.

Bob

The light from the sun makes him weak.