Re: [APML] Back to a film image-Rho Ophiuchus

[Alen Koebel <akoebel@rogers.com>]

--- Ray Butler <ray.butler@nuigalway.ie> wrote:

> 
> Couldn't agree more, Stuart.
> 
> Just when you start thinking that well, maybe film
> _has_ lost its place in AP, along comes a big ole'
>  medium format E200 shot that slaps you around for 
> a few minutes shouting "what the hell were you
> thinking, you fickle fool?!"!
> 
> Ray "who thinks that the eventual discontinuation 
> of E200, not the advance of DSLRs, will be the
> significant factor in determining when 'the death 
> of film astrophotography' happens" Butler

Haven't you heard? It's already dead. All the
astronomy magazines have said so. ;->

Alen "who still shoots with film but admits he will
surely switch to DSLR next year if not this year
because of the instant feedback, the higher
sensitivity, the excellent spectral response when
the IR filter is removed, the reciprocity, 
and the freedom from film lab uncertainties" Koebel

(Hey, you started this! :-)  
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