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eirekay Premium account Joined: Aug 03 Points: 19539 Posts: 214 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. Profile Pic: Tikal, Guatemala Reply    Reply with quote    Contact eirekay   rip_drifter 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 --- Best Regards, Mike Bruin Reply    Reply with quote    Contact rip_drifter   rip_drifter 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. It will save me about 10% in costs. --- Best Regards, Mike Bruin Reply    Reply with quote    Contact rip_drifter   plancarpin Premium account Joined: Aug 08 Points: 3228 Posts: 28 Posted: 2008-08-31 20:03:00    Ja ! Ich halte die Daumen..;-) --- One travels, not to change locations, but ideas. Hippolyte Taine (french philosopher) Reply    Reply with quote    Contact plancarpin   eirekay Premium account Joined: Aug 03 Points: 19539 Posts: 214 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. Profile Pic: Tikal, Guatemala Reply    Reply with quote    Contact eirekay   krisek Premium account Joined: Jan 08 Points: 84174 Posts: 203 Posted: 2008-08-31 20:29:00    Ja! Ich halte die Daumen... I think it means: Yes! I keep the fingers crossed. --- Open your eyes. Free your mind. Touch lives. Sink into the different. Travel and belong. Profile photo: Palma de Mallorca. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact krisek   Page: 1 2