Digital explosion - spill over to traditional?

[jaimeb82]

I enter film after seeing an image of a MF bronica camera someone posted on my flickr account. I saw the camera and started researching online to learn about MF cameras. I ended up with a RB67 with no idea of how to use film. I enjoy both of them, digital and analog.

 

[Robert Budding]

"I have a theory that I believe is starting to play out. This is that with such enourmous numbers of very enthusiastic photograpers, there is inevitably some "spill over" occuring - people want to try "real photography" because they want to try something different or feel they have exhausted the challenges available to them through the digital medium"

Sorry, but this is only a hypothesis. You'll need solid data before we elevate this to a theeory.

 

[Sirius Glass]

"I have a theory that I believe is starting to play out. This is that with such enourmous numbers of very enthusiastic photograpers, there is inevitably some "spill over" occuring - people want to try "real photography" because they want to try something different or feel they have exhausted the challenges available to them through the digital medium"

Sorry, but this is only a hypothesis. You'll need solid data before we elevate this to a theeory.

Yeah, Robert got it right.

Steve

 

[BetterSense]

 

[ajuk]

I herd develop film is a new game coming out for the Nintendo Wii and DS.

 

[Steve Smith]

The fact that it is now digital does not mean that ANYONE can do it any more than ANYONE could do it if it was film.

No but the marketing and the fact that anyone can tinker around with their images on their computer (which they had to buy too) makes them think that they can do it now.


Steve.

 

[Steve Smith]

"quality vs. qualities"

I'll have to think about that.

Quality - Usually quantative. i.e. the higher, the better.

Qualities - Also referred to as characteristics, properties, etc. which are not quantative and cannot be used to set one thing above another.


Steve.

 

[clayne]

To me the "quality" argument is pretty much a non issue, and I think most really good photographers are more interested in aesthetic, and leave the idea of quality, and gear in general to the gear head print sniffers, who generally aren't doing noteworthy work anyway.

I couldn't have put it better myself. The "print sniffers" slang has got me laughing over here as well. Funny visualization - and accurate.

No matter what the profession/hobby/art/etc. there are always the pedants/gear-freaks/non-doings that spend the majority of time on technical details rather than actually doing something memorable or note-worthy.