5 Aug
2005
5 Aug
'05
3:24 p.m.
The question is not analog vs. digital photography. The question is when
to use what of those two mediums. They are entirely different mediums,
I agree 100%. I can see plenty of times where digital photography is
appropriate -- the most obvious one being press work where you gain the
ability to quickly trasnmit your picture across the world if necessary.
This, however, does not mean that digitial photography is appropriate for
_all_ situations.
I haev mentioned that I think the best cammera to use for photographic
classic comptuers is a large-format camera, probably a monorail. This
doesn't mean it 's the best camera for all situations (I'd love to see
you attempt sports photography with one ;-)). Much of what I'm interested
in photographing is either small-ish closeup objects (bits of classic
computers :-)), or old architecture. The large format camera is good for
both of those.
But note I said most, not all. I do have plenty of other cameras,
including 35mm. If i'm just wandering around as a tourist, I'll take a
reasonable 35mm SLR and a couple of extra lenses (I prefer fixed focal
length lenses to zooms for 2 reasons, (a) they tend to bave better
resolution and (b) you tend to move around to get the best composition of
your photograph rather than standing in one place and zooming until it
looks right. The former generally leads to better-composed pictures).
And even for classic computer photography there are times when I'd use
35mm. The obvious one is if I want to take slides to illustrate a talk
I'm giving. Most lecture rooms have a 35mm projector. Rather fewer have a
medium format (6*6cm image) or large format projector.
And yes, I'll admit it. I like the feel and handling of some classic
cameras.
[...]
paper. I am using a medium format camera (Kiev 88) as
this is the
minimum format to get acceptable results for this print size.
Completely off-topic, but I was looking for an HP manual the other day
and I came across the original _service_ manual for the Kiev 88 and
88TTL, in English (the other Kiev manuals I have, for the 19 and 60
series are in Russian...). I have no intention of selling this manual (I
might get such a camera one day), but I can certainly look things up if
you ever need to get inside.
You didn't think I only had service data for old computers, did you :-)..
-tony