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[OM] Re: Why not digital? (was: Confession time...)

Subject: [OM] Re: Why not digital? (was: Confession time...)
From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 22:43:00 +0100
Tom Scales wrote:

> Uh, the D2X has interchangeable screens. Which one would you like?

Last time we had this discussion, they didn't seem to exist. Or at least
not in the "sensible money" range. What does this D2X cost? About an
order of magnitude more than a good 4Ti, I'd guess.....?

> Hmm, do it all the time. My DLP/HDTV projector is projecting on a 10
> foot diagonal screen. Stunning.

At what resolution? Most projectors don't seem capable of more than
1024x768.

> All the fear of hours at the computer is wrong. A good digital image
takes
> CONSIDERABLY less work than a scanned 35mm image.

I don't doubt it. Scanning is tedious. But I don't have to scan at all
if I don't want to. And I don't most of the time. Apart from anything
the results are disappointing -- I wonder why?

> Uh, where's the knob on my OM to change the ISO of the film in
> the camera? What about the White balance?  Oh, can't do that
> with film, can you.

No, you just change the film. Or get out one of the other 9 bodies you
could afford because you didn't buy that 12 MP digital camera!

Regards,

Simon
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