Premium account Joined: Aug 03 Points: 16264 Posts: 178
Posted: 2008-08-30 02:48:00
I come at this from a different perspective. It is much easier to pop in a 2mg flash card that will take 1,000 pictures than pack 20 rolls of film for a trip. Also, I love being able to see the digital image while I am still standing in front of it so that I can make adjustments. It also allows me to download pics as I go so that my family back home (namely my husband who doesn't travel with me EVER)can have visual proof I haven't lost which ever child is my companion on that trip ;-).
I found that when I switched from film to digital I took a whole lot more photos. I chose which ones I wanted printed, whereas before I printed everything on the roll, saving money. But mostly, I simply felt freer to take more and to experiment. I travel with two 2mg cards. I will typically shot 100 to 150 pictures a day on a vacation trip. Of those, I may print 10 but I may use 20 in a on-line album or in a photobook.
I'm take photos for fun - I am not a photographer but that is my two cents.
Eire
[ This Message was edited by: eirekay on 2008-08-30 02:49 ]
--- Life is not measured by the breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away.
Premium account Joined: Dec 07 Points: 305 Posts: 29
Posted: 2008-08-30 09:15:00
That's absolutely valid. Digital serves your purposes.
Pictures are important to everybody. They are important for different reasons though. Family pictures are important memories to a family. News pictures are important to many of us. In my case as a professional, pictures are the 'footprints' I hope to leave on this planet after I am gone. They are the reason I exist. Digital doesn't serve that for me. Or at least, not the way I feel film photography does.
P.S. You really should try and drag hubby out on a holiday sometime... lol
Premium account Joined: Dec 07 Points: 305 Posts: 29
Posted: 2008-08-31 19:17:00
Thanks all for helping me solve this.
I have purchased a second hand Nikon D1. I will use it for shots that are not intended for print, where film is not available and for 'dailies' when traveling.
Premium account Joined: Aug 03 Points: 16264 Posts: 178
Posted: 2008-08-31 20:25:00
Ja ! Ich halte die Daumen..;-) - translate please.
And I would LOVE to get hubby out to travel but I've been married 30 years - its just not going to happen - beyond an all-inclusive beach resort anyway....
--- Life is not measured by the breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away.
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