What We Lost When Cameras Got Better

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[pippy]

I agree with the vast majority of what he says and for the same reasons behind why he makes those statements.

I went through almost the exact same down-turn in terms of 'terribly low content-interest' after I started using a DSLR for my personal work.

Fortunately two things happened which changed matters. The first was that I realised that something had changed profoundly and I needed to understand (a) What?; (b) Why? and (c) How to reverse this change. The second (having worked out the answers to a, b and c) was that I bought an M8.2 and found that using this camera took me most of the way back(*) to the 'Think First; Shoot Once' mindset from my film days.

Anyone, of course, can adopt the requisite mindset. The equipment chosen doesn't really matter; the way in which the photographer uses their kit does.

Philip.

*  The journey-back was finally completed when I acquired an M-D Typ-262.

Edited 7 hours ago by pippy

[rogxwhit]

22 minutes ago, pippy said:

Anyone, of course, can adopt the requisite mindset. The equipment chosen doesn't really matter; the way in which the photographer uses their kit does.

Exactly.  I use a digital camera pretty much like I use a film camera.  I never check the shot I've just taken on the rear screen.  Why would I want to?  

One can of course debate points as they are presented in the video, but as a video it has been very nicely made.  

Edited 7 hours ago by rogxwhit

[pierovitch]

I shoot digital, film and iPhone. The mentality is the same and friends tell me they worry I don't shoot enough photos to choose from later. The choice is made before the camera is turned on and defined by the moment of exposure. But that is over 50 years of ritual. I can still visualise the images on my first roll of film because they were of family, pets and one model car. I took 127photos yesterday because I liked what I saw and none today. 

[Dazzajl]

I think absolutely every word of that s spot on. And the accent is simply fabulous too!

Film is definitely a way back to making each frame matter, making it about something and feeling that something but it’s not the only way. Might be the nicest though, when life allows

[pippy]

36 minutes ago, pierovitch said:

...I took 127photos yesterday because I liked what I saw and none today...

My 'quota' varies enormously from one outing to the next. Many factors come into play; one of the main ones being whether I'm with others or on my own.

11 minutes ago, Dazzajl said:

I think absolutely every word of that is spot on...

I particularly liked the question of whether or not one could recall the exact circumstances surrounding why a particular frame was taken and the reasons behind the decisions taken at the time of capture. I've had a quick scan through the 'Leica' images on my laptop and can recall with absolute clarity the Why's and Wherefore's behind each snap.

Philip.

[jankap]

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One can compare this with voyaging. So, I was not yet on op of the Mount Everest, you? 

One can look at the LCD of the camera without clicking the shutter. 

But in the past the richer people travelled and also brought 20 films with 36 exposures home. But there were exposures under-exposed, with remarkable horizons, cut-off heads, etc. too.

So I haven´t lost nothing, but gained technically better exposures. And now an yt-video more, that I shall forget soon.😋

Edited 4 hours ago by jankap