Manolo Laguillo Posted January 25, 2010 Share #1 Posted January 25, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) With the M8 I'm experiencing a sort of photographic rebirth. After years (ok, decades) of working with view cameras ('till roughly 2002), and being very happy with them, I went to digital step by step, and in 2004 I bought the 5D. But I was not happy anymore... Then the D-Lux 3 and D-Lux 4 gave me some impulse, but I wasn't happy yet... Now I realize it: The M8 is the camera I was waiting for, without knowing it!!! This feeling I do share with everybody in this list. I'm enjoying a freedom that is absolutely new, never before I had it. But this freedom I'm enjoying has a very interesting aspect: I must force myself to shoot without limits, I have to shut up my inner voice, coming from the past, who is saying to me: "too much shoots, too much work afterwards", I have to tell myself to go ahead (the card has no limits, really). The freedom is the freedom to make mistakes, to experiment, to try different solutions, with no regard to the material aspect. That's very nice indeed! For me there is no return from digital to analog. Although I loved the darkroom, it was difficult for me to work regularly, let's say, 4-5 hours per week. All in all, my approach was to save film, 1st because it is expensive (money), 2nd because I had to develop, and enlarge after having exposed it (time, effort). Now I am in the process of overcoming this approach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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brucek Posted January 25, 2010 Share #2 Posted January 25, 2010 It is indeed a different mindset, and it takes a while to get over the 36-exposure limit you're used to. On the other hand, you'll soon find that you're going to need a lot of hard disk space. Oh, and BACKUPS! I cannot stress that enough! Backup your photos! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertoDeRoma Posted January 26, 2010 Share #3 Posted January 26, 2010 ... I'm enjoying a freedom that is absolutely new, never before I had it. But this freedom I'm enjoying has a very interesting aspect: I must force myself to shoot without limits, I have to shut up my inner voice, coming from the past, who is saying to me: "too much shoots, too much work afterwards"... Now I am in the process of overcoming this approach. ... Thank you for sharing. That's interesting ... I believe that many of us shooting digital (definitely me) are trying to be MUCH more deliberate in our shooting - like you were with film. I am not sure you need to change much. Perhaps your deliberateness is something worth keeping rather than shedding. Even though your card allows you 10 times more shots, I am not sure that you should anywhere near take full advantage of it (i.e. "shoot without limits") - perhaps a 2x or 3x more photos. Alberto Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manolo Laguillo Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share #4 Posted January 26, 2010 I these period of rebirthing I'm experiencing with the M8, I do remember something that was a common place when I was beginning with photography in the early 70's: "try to compensate the speed of 35 mm cameras with the slowness and deliberation of large format". I took this advice seriously enough, and for 3 decades, and now's the time to go in the other direction: "try to compensate the consciousness of large format with the wildness of a 35mm digital RF"! From Apollo to Dyonisos, in other words... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertoDeRoma Posted January 26, 2010 Share #5 Posted January 26, 2010 From Apollo to Dyonisos, in other words... I see, I guess we could call it a "classic" version of A/D and D/A conversion. My what a literate bunch do we have in here . Alberto Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manolo Laguillo Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share #6 Posted January 26, 2010 I had to laugh... dyonisically: A/D and D/A conversion!!! Very good!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertoDeRoma Posted January 26, 2010 Share #7 Posted January 26, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I had to laugh... dyonisically: A/D and D/A conversion!!! Very good!!! You are obviously a well educated man, with great taste and an exquisite sense of humor . Alberto Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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