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Subject: Re: [OM] Honestly, I haven't enjoyed Photography this much in a long time
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 22:47:29 +0200
You're too modest. Your photos are excellent.

And as I said, I too have a bit of an irrational attachment to my Fuji 6x9--and 
I have even recently started doing my own developing rather than mailing the 
film to a lab in Barcelona.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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YNWA



On Jun 5, 2012, at 10:38 PM, Ken Norton wrote:

>> The medium makes no difference, it is the images that count. NOBODY can
>> convince me that 35mm film can deliver results on par with a good digital
>> camera these days. Medium format, maybe, but only if you have access to the
>> highest quality scanning. I will admit to dabbling in 6x9 now and again, but
>> I do not delude myself--the results from my M8 are superior most of the
>> time, the film is just for fun.
> 
> Nathan, I do not disagree with you at all. Technically speaking, film
> stinks. From an objective perspective, comparing all the facts and
> figures, you are totally correct--digital is better in EVERY regard.
> Well, almost every, but for the most part, it is.
> 
> As a rational being, I should be able to dispense with the film, move
> on, and be happy as a lark.
> 
> Sadly, I'm not very rational.
> 
> Nor am I so evolved as a photographer that I can visualize and shoot
> in-camera B&W photographs with digital which are overly satisfying.
> Some people are. Honestly, most aren't--even those who think that they
> have arrived. What people call good digital B&W looks like so much
> garbage to me. Technically, the image may be "perfect", but the whole
> look is off. The things that bother me about my own work I do tend to
> see in others', so maybe I'm just being hypercritical.
> 
> I have my own mental battles. I'm a simpleton when it comes to
> visualization. Once in a while I can nail it, but most of the time I
> suck pretty bad at it. When presented with Color and B&W options
> in-camera with digital, I end up compromising the shot so that I try
> to make it work either way. This is nonsense, of course. You shoot
> them totally differently if you want either one to be successful. I'm
> not talking about exposure control. I'm talking about subject
> selection, composition, lighting and framing. When shooting color, the
> subject can be color wheras with B&W the subject is rarely color. Yet
> with shooting B&W the subject can be the lighting and form whereas
> with Color the subject is rarely lighting and form.
> 
> So, by shooting a monochrome film I force myself into a mode of
> thinking and visualization where things click for me.
> 
> Furthermore, I tend to lean on technology a bit. I lean on the OM's
> supurb viewfinder. I lean on the OM's amazing multispot metering. I
> lean on the tactile controls which allow me to adjust by muscle-memory
> without ever looking at any readouts.
> 
> So, yes, I'm pretty limited. I need B&W film to force me into a way of
> thinking and shooting. Unlike the masses of photographers, I haven't
> "arrived". I'm still pretty pathetic in this regard. So I use
> technology to force my hand.
> 
> Whatever works for you is great for you, but it isn't so with me. I
> need the crutches.
> 
> AG
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