tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187285701706379006.post8549001948564547257..comments2024-01-04T03:03:40.884-08:00Comments on Beacon 225: Getting it Right in the CameraTed Kappeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08163223776832622572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187285701706379006.post-69228194702480920162012-04-01T08:04:38.148-07:002012-04-01T08:04:38.148-07:00Well said. I have had some of the same feelings. ...Well said. I have had some of the same feelings. I do like the way film makes me slow down and think about what I am doing. Especially when I am using a lot of different cameras which operate in different ways. I think that returning to film has also improved my digital photography. It is so easy with digital to just take a lot of pictures and hope something turns out. Now I find that I take a lot fewer pictures and get better results.Ted Kappeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163223776832622572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187285701706379006.post-32408068461608126622012-03-30T09:57:10.377-07:002012-03-30T09:57:10.377-07:00I loved your "Rant" post. It's fun ...I loved your "Rant" post. It's fun to rant. I rant on FB sometimes. It takes my edge off. <br /><br />The film vs. digital. I never really understood why people get so up in arms. I was out shooting my Mamiya RB67 at Christmas, and there was a gentleman ice carving a statue, and I was taking my time framing the scene. Focus, distance, focal ratio, measuring the light with my handheld 1970's Selenium L398, and this guy watching me commented. "you know, they make digital cameras for this now". <br />The first time I heard this I wanted to get mad, because it's like someone is calling you stupid. But, now I just look at it as an opportunity to show them the camera. <br />I love the film thing personally because it makes me slow down and thin about what I am doing. But it's also fun to go out and shoot with the Nikon D90, so I can tweak the ever loving heck out of the HDR photos I shoot. As much as I shoot with the digital, I do believe the big difference in quality is really in the lenses. You like me, like older cameras. The old lenses on the old cameras were just better than the kit lenses on these Dslr's. My 40 year old film rangefinders put out a crisper photo. For me I love the aspect of digital, but I also love taking my time with film. Digital, is like take 150 pictures and process. Film is like a lazy day hanging out at the Wharf, drinking latte's and waiting for the photo to find the camera rather than for me to take a million photos and post process finding the one that looks ok. It like the difference between finger painting on my iPad or dipping my fingers in little cups of paint and getting dirty making a picture. I just like getting all mucked up with paint all over...it's just "funner".https://gregoryheath.blogspot.com/https://www.blogger.com/profile/07570805094627172912noreply@blogger.com