Should we start a new photographic movement?

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As the fast food ad stipulated when the old woman said, "Show me the meat." Or the movie, "Show me the money". Talk is cheap. We who are in the photo business should be especially aware of how much effect a photo has in convincing people. Especially being that this is a photo forum.
 
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There are so many opinions on how to do things here. How do you separate the wheat from the chaff? Are you supposed to try every unsolicited idea and change your ordinary procedures because someone says it's great? How do we discern which of the recommendations we might try when we're not shown the results? Who has the time? Would you buy a shirt sight unseen?
 
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If you don't have samples, post your ideas anyway. Just realize that without them, people may question the value of your suggestion and just ignore it.
 

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If you don't have samples, post your ideas anyway. Just realize that without them, people may question the value of your suggestion and just ignore it.

Much better than having my photographs ripped off from downloading. The stealing costs me money and that is worth much more than the opinions of those that will only believe something if they see it on the internet.
 
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Much better than having my photographs ripped off from downloading. The stealing costs me money and that is worth much more than the opinions of those that will only believe something if they see it on the internet.

Don't post any pictures you're selling.
 
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For those that see the big picture concerning the need for capturing and preserving their local unfolding life and events in the turbulent end days ahead, let them join in the movement.
 

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For those that see the big picture concerning the need for capturing and preserving their local unfolding life and events in the turbulent end days ahead, let them join in the movement.

Can't see much point capturing and preserving anything if there are going to be "end days"....
 

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This is only possible currently by paying for a professional high end scanning service.

I beg to differ.







I think this is every bit as high resolution as I'm going to get out of film. However my scanning method is not minimum fuss. Nor it it high end. It's a decade old DSLR with a decent macro lens.
 

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I think this is every bit as high resolution as I'm going to get out of film.

It's also poor in comparison with the raw resolution you get from a typical 35mm sensor these days.
Not saying your photos are poor or anything, but let's not make film out of something it isn't, and/or forget that digital is capable of amazing stuff.
 
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Film still readily out-resolves digital. Only the best scanners can begin to show it's superiority.
 

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Oh sure, I agree with that. 35mm film cannot compete with modern sensors. But younger film shooters expect hi-rez scans of their film. They don't expect digital quality but small low bit file is not going to cut it.
 

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meh.
 
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