A very close friend of mine recently got a F*ji S2. He already had three N*kon
bodies (one of which he'll sell) and lenses. He foolishly (IMO) got it about a
week or two before going on a five week jaunt to Italy and Greece. Which meant
that he didn't have much time to really learn the new camera/digital. The
result was THOUSANDS of photos of which I count only one or two as interesting.
The whole digital "review and take again" thing can really subvert thinking,
feeling, contemplating. Not that it has to, but it seems to be the way with
many.
Earl
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On 11/20/2003 at 6:38 PM Mike wrote:
>OK so maybe this is sour grapes but last night I discovered one problem
>with digital that i hadn't considered before. The wife and I stepped
>out to the local watering hole to hear some blues and have a brew or
>two. Our local semi-retired rock and roll star sits in on Wednesday
>nights on occasion and so there were a few cameras in attendance. Well a
>guy with a big N*kon (D100 50/1.4??) and Lumiquest bouncer settled in
>next to us and started flashing away. He could just preview and save or
>delete. He showed me his keepers and they were pretty good too. Great
>for him but I walked out of there not only deaf but blind as well. On
>the other hand a couple of film shooters paid much more attention to
>their craft as they didn't have the luxury of instant gratification.
>They were much less obnoxious as well. And besides, despite the N*kon
>guys big brick all his photos while good lacked the ambiance. Flash blew
>out all of the existing lighting. Actually the lighting there is really
>crappy but the flash was worse. I would like to try my 50/1.2 and
>existing light but I've got to talk to my friend in the band to do
>something about the lighting for next week, like add some. Anyway i
>suppose this is more of a philosophy thing rather than the fault of the
>equipment. And yeah, there is some sour grapes too. That sure was a fine
>looking camera. But i think digital does encourage the shotgun approach
>to photography.
>
>Mike
>
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