tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post814985953369164994..comments2024-03-21T12:51:21.667-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: In The "Not Dead Yet" Department: Analogue Filmdpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-7518722558304532422008-05-08T11:55:00.000-04:002008-05-08T11:55:00.000-04:00Mechanical film cameras are also simpler to use, c...Mechanical film cameras are also simpler to use, cheaper and often last decades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-52274047479295659692008-04-10T16:58:00.000-04:002008-04-10T16:58:00.000-04:00DV - you stole my thunder. And, I should add, I wa...<B>DV</B> - you <A HREF="http://jeremydueck.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-do-you-see.html" REL="nofollow">stole my thunder</A>. And, I should add, I was <A HREF="http://whiskyprajer.blogspot.com/2004/02/charlton-heston-patrician-punchline.html" REL="nofollow">rather fond</A> of Heston, too.<BR/><BR/><B>TR</B> - I wish I could remember where I read this, but I once encountered a technical account of why digital was never going to be able to provide the sort of "depth" you get in an analogue photo -- 1s and 0s just didn't have the capacity for it. Seems a little hard to believe now that the Western World is so besotted with Hi-Def....Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-65284332890940820402008-04-10T15:54:00.000-04:002008-04-10T15:54:00.000-04:00That's interesting. Kind of like how you still see...That's interesting. Kind of like how you still see some hare core computer users using old-school cathode ray tube monitors because LCD does not have the same colour depth yet.<BR/><BR/>Not sure exactly how long digital has been around but I suspect the hues are better than they were for film at a comparable point in time. Being unknowledgeable about the subject I'll ask if that gap can ever be closed or if there is an intrinsic reason for it?Trent Reimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856687416662007848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-20362298262096518832008-04-10T15:21:00.000-04:002008-04-10T15:21:00.000-04:00WP,In lieu of your post and the recent death of Mr...<B>WP</B>,<BR/>In lieu of your post and the recent death of <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/movies/06heston.html?ref=movies" REL="nofollow">Mr. Charles Heston</A> (whom I had truly under-rated as a person of character. Seriously!), let me take license with one his most famous quotes and say, <B>They shall only take my SLR (and CD's) out of my cold dead hands.</B>DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.com