I’m still a film guy at heart. I have to be. I have hundreds of feet of it in the fridge. That was a joke. Film is just cool.
Better Living Through Chemistry
It’s just the magic of the chemistry. Don’t get me wrong, digital is cool too, but there’s something about taking some plastic into the dark, bathing it with chemicals and having an image appear that is just absolutely awesome, mystifying and expressive.
So anyway, I was watching the review videos of some high-end consumer cameras, EOS 5D Mark II videos and Nikon D700 videos.
We’re at an incredible moment in photographic history. The amount of capability in these consumer machines is truly amazing even for a neo-Luddite like me. OK so maybe that’s a bit harsh. I am a software guy after all.
And if I ever really did splurge to go all out, my heart gets all fluttery when I look at the EOS 1DS Mark III or the Nikon D3X.
The one thing that still amazes me though is how much the costs of these cameras are above the costs of the professional film cameras that they have replaced. I guess with the cost of processing film it might be worth it. I don’t know. I seem to spend more time with Adobe Photoshop than I should.
