Tossing Negatives After They've Been Scanned

[Hassasin]

When I made that original statement : "All that being said, I don't really see the point in shooting film, if you're just going to scan it and show it on a screen. I suppose people are seeking something "different" by spending money needlessly.", I wasn't referring to myself, or others here who actually do value negatives. I can understand why many people don't value negatives, and are happy to throw them out, but what I don't understand is why someone who doesn't value negatives would even bother shooting with film in the first place.

100% agree

 

[mtnbkr]

I guess that makes me a "nobody'! LOL

I was referring to local shops.

Chris

 

[mtnbkr]

What's this scanning of which they speak RR ? View attachment 410005

It's what ones does when they don't have space for a proper darkroom.

Chris

 

[Vaughn]

Talking to a photo professor who told a story of the student presenting their assignment, which was excessively sharpened. The prof suggested re-doing it with reduced sharpness and the student replied that they could not. After making the final print, he erased all the files (just like tossing the negatives).

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

When kids handed in digital assignments, they had to include the file containing the original exposure, otherwise they got an incomplete mark. The same with film-based projects. I spent a good part of class time teaching them how to be organised.

 

[gbroadbridge]

what I don't understand is why someone who doesn't value negatives would even bother shooting with film in the first place.

Because the final image is king, it does not matter how you got there.

Same as the film/digital argument.
A camera is just a tool to record a moment. How it does that is irrelevant.

 

[koraks]

I spent a good part of class time teaching them how to be organised.

Well, ultimately, that's what a lot of teaching is about, if you get down to it. It just turns out there are so many ways in which you can organize so many different kinds of things!

 

[loccdor]

Talking to a photo professor who told a story of the student presenting their assignment, which was excessively sharpened. The prof suggested re-doing it with reduced sharpness and the student replied that they could not. After making the final print, he erased all the files (just like tossing the negatives).

My math classes always reduced credit for not "showing your work". And if you did show you work, they'd see the exact spot where you went wrong and could give you partial credit accordingly.