As I have read the discussions on digital versus chemical photography I keep
coming back to the fact that these devices are tools and we need to use the
best tool for the application. I use both and am very content with that.
Chip has described the situation nicely. /jnm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chip Stratton
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 10:26 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [OM] Digital Back for Zuikos/ film death watch
>
>
> I am just like Skip on this one. I have a nice digital camera which does
> great service in snapshot mode, and has high enough resolution that I can
> print an 8x10 with pretty good results if I need to. The digital gets used
> in almost all situations where I am simply recording events.
>
> If my goal is artistic photography, formal portrait, unavailable
> light, or I
> need extremes of focal length either long or short, then my OMs are the
> tools.
>
> Due to the limitations of the CCD in terms of angle of acceptance
> (i.e. use
> of super wide angle lenses), dynamic range (exposure latitude), effective
> speed, and ultimate resolution, there are still many situations where a
> digital camera really will not serve. I don't know how long it
> will take for
> digital technology to overcome these hurdles, but it will be a few years
> at least, and maybe more than a decade. And don't forget the new
> formic acid
> film technologies that may give Provia/Velvia quality at ASA 800 within a
> few years, and ASA 4000 film equivalent to today's ASA 400 film. That will
> raise the bar a bit further.
>
> Do I like digital photography? You bet, I love it. My Olympus
> C-3030z is a
> great camera, and I get a lot of use out of it. But it is a long way from
> pushing my OMs out the door. BTW, though I think the Nikon 990
> is probably
> a more versatile camera than the Oly C-3030z and more suited to creative
> photography, I bought the Olympus because it is far more compact
> and better
> suited to my P&S activities. Of course, the Nikon 880 has a similar form
> factor, so it may have been an equally good choice.
>
> /// soapbox mode OFF ///
>
> Chip Stratton
> cstrat@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> > ME? I'm probably going to buy a Nikon 880 or 990 in 2001 and use
> > it like a high-end P&S. My other imaging will be done with film
> > via my OM's, Pen FT's, Leica's, and old Rangefinders. I'll scan
> > the resulting film.
> >
> > Just my $.02
> >
> > Skip
> >
>
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