Ken,
I've not used my OM gear much lately, because most of my work is done in
medium format. All film, of course. I use my Hasselblad for 90% of my work,
and my OM's for the other 10%. I have been shooting a lot lately, but
haven't added much to my website because my life has gotten so crazy. I am
working on school, working for clients to make money, and taking care of my
son. He is living with me full time now because his mother has been put in a
mental hospital by the state. I'm working on the paperwork to go to court to
get custody transferred to me. Once I get caught up I plan to add lots of
new stuff to my site. I find time to shoot because going out with my camera
relaxes me and I have been under incredible stress lately.
My girlfriend is getting great use from her OM-4T, which we bought from
Richard Lovison here on the list. I maintain her website too so her work
isn't getting put online for the same reason as mine. We developed 4 rolls
of 120 film that I shot, and 3 rolls of 35mm that Catrina shot this
afternoon. All shot in the last week. All black & white, but Catrina wants
to go buy some color film tomorrow so she can shoot the fall colors, which
are beautiful in Indiana now.
Anyway, that's what I've been doing.
--
Chris Crawford
Photography & Graphic Design
Fort Wayne, Indiana
http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio
http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
http://www.plumpatrin.com Something the world NEEDS.
On 11/4/08 12:48 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Dawid wrote:
>> You see, having sold all my expensive Canon digital gear, I can afford
>> to splurge a bit on some Zuiko exotics, and I would really like the 8mm.
>
> When I look at the cost of the E-3 (or even the new E-30) with ONE moderate
> zoom, I realize that I could buy a bunch of exotica OM gear for the same
> amount. Life is sweet. If I reversed course and went 100% film, I could
> actually afford the 35-80/2.8, 350/2.8, MD2, and T45. Of course, if I did
> go 100% film, I'd have to--there is no way I could function with the primes
> I have in a high-pressure, high-flexibility situation and the flash and
> motordrive would be required too. Unfortunately, 100% film is no longer
> feasable.
>
> Do people actually REALIZE what we're doing? We're selling our souls for
> the dream of better megapixels. And then to make use of those megapixels,
> we're trashing perfectly good lenses for some plasticky uberzoom with more
> distortion than a willow tree in the wind. Oh, but it has built-in
> image-stabilization!
> Folks, PLEASE get out your OM gear, slap a roll of color-print film in it,
> have it processed and scanned commercially (see Ken Rockwell) and enjoy the
> results. You might not want to use film for everything, but most of the
> time, 3MP camera files exceed requirements anyway. Instead of dreaming of
> that 5Dmk2, save your pennies and pop a roll of film in your OMs. The 5Dmk2
> won't make you a better photographer and using a modern digital camera is
> too much like trying to use M*cros*oft Wind*ws. If you want to fly a
> computer, fly a computer. If you want to take pictures, use a camera.
> After all, EVERY camera is really nothing more than a light-tight box that
> holds film or a sensor. Some boxes are meant to be used, others are meant
> to be compared on dpr*view.
>
> I guess I shouldn't complain about people migrating to digital--I've been
> the benificiary of the left-behind equipment. But, come on, let's get some
> passion back into our photography! If I can get all excited about a MANUAL
> camera with a MECHANICAL shutter, don't you think that you can express a
> little joy about the 100/2, 21/2, OM-4Ti or whatever other special items
> lurk in your equipment closet which you haven't touched in two or
> three years?
>
> Just yesterday, I shot two rolls of Ilford PanF and 1/2 a roll of Provia in
> the OM-4T and OM-3Ti on a personal project. What have the rest of you shot
> lately?
>
> Why is this passion/excitement important? Do I really have to give you an
> answer? Yes, I recognize that one can get passionate and excited when
> shooting the latest/greatest digital camera, but passion/excitement has to
> come from WITHIN. It does not come from stressing your credit-cards to buy
> the latest/greatest. If you can't be passionate and excited when shooting
> with what you currently have, the passion/excitement from a new camera
> purchase will be shortlived and artificial--lasting only until the next
> model comes out.
>
> AG-Schnozz
>
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