Re: OT: In case your Minolta camera quit

Hello Jim,


FILM? What's that ?:-)

I have an old Argus C4 in my artifact display ;-)


We donated our really old ones and sold a few at a garage sale. But digital cameras aren't quite up to snuff for serious photography. Low sensitivity film still beats resolution and dynamic range, even versus the highest megapixel digital cameras. Ever seen an Ansel Adams B/W photography up close? Now go to Yosemite in winter and try to emulate one of those with a digital camera. There will be about 70 years of R&D between Adam's photo gear and yours.

The other downside is that on all but the extremely expensive digital cameras you cannot swap lenses. On the ones where you can they seem to have made sure that the lens mount is incompatible so you have to buy new lenses, can't use legacy stock. Why not use what works? After all, I am still operating the old Dolch 50MHz logic analyzer. Because it suffices in over 95% of cases.

The most important upside for wildlife photography is the immediate shutter action of film cameras. Digital doesn't have that. You can't tell a fox kit to hold still. At least not while there are other kits around.

Oh, and 3x digital zoom just ain't cutting it.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
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