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I'm not sure why this is being downvoted given that it's essentially true (link to the widely disliked Ken Rockwell notwithstanding.) The reason digital has ec
by angusgr 15y ago
I'm not sure why this is being downvoted given that it's essentially true (link to the widely disliked Ken Rockwell notwithstanding.)
The reason digital has eclipsed film is a combination of rapid results, ease of use, portability, and cost. This camera only hits 1 out of 4, with the added restriction of requiring multiple exposures per image.
For the kind of mega-high-res "slow" photography its marketed for, it's not really clear to me why you'd use this over medium/large format E6 film unless you had unlimited money, or needed absolute speed in delivering results.
Of course, OTOH, for 35mm/medium-format equivalent stuff it's fairly clear that digital (35mm or digital MF backs) has now been adopted pretty much entirely, at least for commercial & professional photography.
- petervandijck 15y agoWhy is Ken Rockwell disliked? (Curious, I like his site.)
- angusgr 15y agoI don't personally mind him either, I think he has written some useful things for the photographer world (and I also like film photography as a hobby, so confirmation bias helps there!) I've seen him disliked on two fronts. I have some photographer friends who just think he's outspoken & over-opinionated for who he actually is (this is what jars me a bit about his site as well.) I know he also gets flak from photography forum types as a gadget shill or for being allegedly clueless because they disagree with his opinion on some particular thing. Although I think that's mostly coming from armchair internet photographers who sit at home and stroke their L-series lenses but never take any actual photographs. ;)
- petervandijck 15y ago"stroke their L-series lenses" priceless!
- sjwright 15y agoHe's an incredible landscape photographer. He is a creative genius, but his limited technical knowledge and misleading writing style hampers his objectivity. Many of the benefits of RAW digital photography aren't relevant to landscape photographers, which is why he often comes to the conclusions he does. But rather than acknowledge this, he's turned his preference for film into a religion.