Re: [APML] Film is not dead

["Michael Barlow" <mikeba@rochester.rr.com>]

    Just my opinion but this thread has already made it's points and it's
starting to look like nothing more then a thread on Digital -vs- Film
camera's.  As long as there are still people doing Film photography I don't
see a reason for such threads.  But I'm going to toss my idea's out to the
crowd anyhow..

    I do believe that Film photography as a whole for the casual
photographer (astro or otherwise) is dieing, It's not dead but is dieing.
It wont be too long before the only people taking film pictures are those
that are developing them at home, looking at the current trend of digital
camera's getting better and the trend of film developing shops switching to
Digital only shops.  Until film "is dead"  there is no reason to have
threads trying to convince the film guys to switch to digital, we will when
it becomes unavoidable.  It may be another year, five years, or ten, Either
way Digital camera's still have a ways to go before they have "all" the
benefits of Film.

    My opinion is that Film is the best medium for the money.  If I were to
take 50 rolls of shots every time I'm out then I'd start thinking otherwise
but since I'm only taking a maximum of two rolls a night with maybe four
nights a month, Film is the best.  I can't comment on the printibility of
digital shots until I see a 10"x15" print suitable for framing from a
digital camera.  Once I see one of these then I ~may~ say that Digital is
the way to go, but till then nobody can change my mind.

    As far as pictures on web pages,  As far as I understand it, There is no
difference between film and digital, they are both edited.  I'd assume that
if I was an (digital) Art major I might be able to draw some good pictures
of M31 and post them to the net and be able to claim they were taken with a
film or digital camera.  I'm sure it would be far too much effort just for
one picture to do that but you should see what I'm talking about... It
doesn't mater what format the original came from, if it's been put on the
web, it's far too easy to correct mistakes making the whole subject
worthless.

    Last point, When a digital camera takes a "single" shot of a DSO without
editing and equaling a film shot, then I can start to agree with the
"digital is better" group.
Michael A. Barlow

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