woensdag, augustus 04, 2004
Everyone loves to say that digital means you never have to buy film, that you can keep using your storage cards forever. But that's only if you keep them fairly well edited. Since it's a safe bet that most people aren't toting around multi-hundred-dollar 256mb or 512mb or even gigabyte memory cards (the way most pros do) you'll have to stop and edit down your take as you go in order to stay in business. This can be a real pain to do in bright sunlight, or when your kid's soccer game is in full swing and you desperately want to catch him or her in action. Frankly, I'd rather store my take in my pants – i.e.: shove in a new roll of film, stick the exposed roll in a pocket, and barely miss a beat – or a goal.
In fact, in addition to being hellaciously expensive (especially if you are a pro dumping all your old film gear for pro-level digital stuff) digital photography, especially on the post-production end, can be every bit as time-consuming (and, I believe, even more tiring) than the old film-based "wet darkroom" technology.
Part of the problem is that digital (done right, that is) expects you to do a lot more work yourself once you have taken a picture.
Where once you would have shot a roll of film, then handed it over to a lab to have prints made, now with digital you are expected to make your own prints on your own home computer. Remember: this is being asked of people that can't program their VCRs.
Theoretically at least, this presents a marvelous creative opportunity for the consumer to get exactly what he or she wants out of every single image that he or she has taken.
In fact, it's a monumental pain in the butt.
Frank van Riper in The Washington Post.
In fact, in addition to being hellaciously expensive (especially if you are a pro dumping all your old film gear for pro-level digital stuff) digital photography, especially on the post-production end, can be every bit as time-consuming (and, I believe, even more tiring) than the old film-based "wet darkroom" technology.
Part of the problem is that digital (done right, that is) expects you to do a lot more work yourself once you have taken a picture.
Where once you would have shot a roll of film, then handed it over to a lab to have prints made, now with digital you are expected to make your own prints on your own home computer. Remember: this is being asked of people that can't program their VCRs.
Theoretically at least, this presents a marvelous creative opportunity for the consumer to get exactly what he or she wants out of every single image that he or she has taken.
In fact, it's a monumental pain in the butt.
Frank van Riper in The Washington Post.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 01:09
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