[at-l] Digital Cameras

[Charles Copeland" <charles@uswnet.com (Charles Copeland)]

I started taking pictures when I was 11.  My dad had a darkroom.  I worked
for the newspaper and yearbook in college and way too many hours in the
darkrooms there.  I have a darkroom in my house.  I *love* taking pictures
and really enjoy working with them in my darkroom.

However...

I bought an Olympus C2500L digital camera 2 1/2 years ago (to take pictures
for my sons' yearbook) and in short, I no longer use my darkroom.  I take my
camera everywhere, including quite a few AT hikes (Kahley has some of the
pictures) and the results are wonderful.  I manipulate the pictures with
Photoshop when necessary, lay them out on pages using InDesign, and print
pictures at my desk (up to 13"x19") on an Epson Photo 1200.  I drowned my
camera in the Jacks River and now use an Olympus C-3040.  Better images but
the delay between when I press the shutter and the picture is actually taken
in way too long.  I take *lots* of pictures at a time and I've missed the
"perfect moment" a number of times with the 3040.

The costs, compared to my darkroom, are about the same.  Chemicals vs ink.
Film vs Smartmedia.  Photo paper vs photo paper.  I do miss not being able
to change lenses but the builtin zoom/macro is ok for now.

I teach the Photography Merit Badge and the kids ask me why I have a
darkroom and have no idea what an enlarger is for!

Charles


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Cummings" <ellen@clinic.net>
To: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 2:27 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [at-l] Digital Cameras


"...Anyone want to make a case for film?"

 Yup. If 3 X 5 prints are all you want, digital may be okay, though I would
be
 more confident if a thru hiker who has used digital on a 2,000 mile walk
would
 speak up.

 But for a slide show in a big room, nothing beats 35 mm slide film. It's
the
 difference between snapshots and photography. However, I'm not a technology
 nut. Why it was 1983 before I bought my first computer.

  Weary


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