Re: OT: WAY OT - I'm Grumpy, Therefore I Blog

J. Clarke wrote:
jo4hn wrote:
Tim Daneliuk wrote:
http://heracletus.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/so-this-is-progress/

It depends upon one's requirements. You are obviously interested in
the aesthetics of fine photography and therefore are able to come
closer to your "minds eye" picture with analog equipment. Others are
more interested in convenience and cost to get a "really good"
picture that is easily disseminated to friends and family on the
internet.

I once had a conversation with a young girl who lived with us for a
couple years regarding music. She asked me to listen to a CD of the
grunge band Nirvana, which I did. There were a couple of slow numbers
that were melodic but the fast stuff was garbled words and guitar
noise. She told me that composers like Cobain were the poets of her
generation. I guess I can accept that recalling that my parents never
quite understood the existence of Chuck Berry and Hank Williams.

Is this progress or simply movement? I would certainly hang one of
your photos on my wall rather than one of mine. At the same time, I
am quite happy with an inexpensive digital camera and will never buy
something that requires film and chemicals. And yes, I dumped my POS
20 YO Craftsman CS in favor of a PM66. Progress definitely.

If you read the complaint it's basically that 35mm doesn't give the same results as medium format. All the rest is misdirection. If small format isn't "good enough" for him, then why was he even trying to use it? Seems to me that he doesn't really understand his equipment if he expected any different result from the one he got.


I believe you need to reread what I wrote. The comparison was between a
state-of-the art *digital* camera and medium format. The digital came
up short because - in my judgment - it ends up having the same performance
more-or-less as a 35mm film camera - something I long ago realized could
not do what I wanted.



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