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Subject: [OM] Re: Digital vs film resolution
From: "Joel Wilcox" <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 16:38:37 -0600
Walt,
I do the same thing, and make no apology.  I think Winsor is right. 
There is also a faction that prefers SHQ to RAW, using the argument
that a good photographer gets the exposure right, so RAW (and
chimping) is unnecessary.  I like RAW and I like my histogram.

Joel W.

On 3/8/06, Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oh, I agree.  I teased my wife about chimping, made her the subject of 
> derision in a cheap-shot TOPE shot.  And then I, my very own self, suffered 
> an unexpected conversion and went to the digital dark side.  Now with the 
> E-1, I find myself chimping after nearly every shot.  I try not to, and often 
> attempt it surreptitiously, but if the histo-thingy don't look just right, I 
> tend to shit-can the shot and shoot again.
>
> I don't care what they say about old dogs.  We can learn new tricks.  And 
> sometimes shamelessly.  :-)
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Well. I think chimping sounds rather smug to me. As if a real
> > photographer does not need to look at the shot. Probably started by
> > film users to show contempt for digital users, before they switched
> > too. Lots of good reasons to look at the LCD after the shot. That is
> > why it is there, besides the menu bit.
> >
> >
> >
> > Winsor
> > Long Beach, California, USA
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