Re: [Sheflug] Linux Demo Days - SLR vs Digital :-)

[wulfie <nospam [at] wulfric7.co.uk>]

oh, how I miss my Bronica ETRSi, studio flash kit and colour darkroom....
Now, a 645 digital multi-megapixel with the kind of integration used on
high-end astronomical ccd devices would really blow your socks off....it'd
certainly make the polaroid back redundant!!

On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Barrie Bremner wrote:

> 
>  Mmmm.
> 
>  Quite surprised so many of you have so many interesting cameras.
> 
>  Although I've got cameras from 35mm to 4x5, a digital would be nice -
> for just the reason that José gives - not to mention you don't have to
> worry too much about colour casts, filtering and wasting money of
> processing 5 rolls of gammy shots from the last night out - quick use of
> the GIMP sorts all that.
> 
>  A friend of mine is a photojournalist in Singapore, and he's had a
> chance to use a Nikon D1 - shame it's several grand (and there are still
> problems with it) :-(
>  Still - don't get many digital cameras that will rival a 4x5" Speed
> Graphic - 60 year old technology!
> 
>  But, then again, most of us are using Linux - based on UNIX -
> approaching 40(ish) year old technology. Just don't make them like they
> used to :-)
> 
> Baz.
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