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A question for the old timers.
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<blockquote data-quote="Marcel" data-source="post: 363308" data-attributes="member: 3903"><p>I've spent years in a darkroom and I certainly don't miss it much. It took so much time just to do some experiments that were NOT reversible. Yes we did take a little more time before we pressed the shutter, but this was in a commercial large format (5x7, 8,10) color transparencies that cost money to get and process. So what we did is spent more money on polaroids just to test for exposure and focus. All these things can now be done on the spot before moving on to the next shot.</p><p></p><p>So I guess we might be getting a little more careless, knowing that somethings can be done in post processing, but what can't be changed is the actual composition (except crop) and the lighting. No post processing will get back the image that was NOT taken because the photographer was NOT looking at the right thing that was happening right there. But the power of post processing software I praise because I can see what I'm getting and correct as I go along. The problem with younger photographers that haven't worked with film is that some of them don't know what a good print should look like and lack the basic knowledge of high light and low light limits (print vs transparencies).</p><p></p><p>So at least I'm glad I'm not spending my time in the dark, smelling chemicals and waiting for a print to reveal itself under the red light or blindly doing steps with the Kodak drum processor... How many of you have worked with this one?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcel, post: 363308, member: 3903"] I've spent years in a darkroom and I certainly don't miss it much. It took so much time just to do some experiments that were NOT reversible. Yes we did take a little more time before we pressed the shutter, but this was in a commercial large format (5x7, 8,10) color transparencies that cost money to get and process. So what we did is spent more money on polaroids just to test for exposure and focus. All these things can now be done on the spot before moving on to the next shot. So I guess we might be getting a little more careless, knowing that somethings can be done in post processing, but what can't be changed is the actual composition (except crop) and the lighting. No post processing will get back the image that was NOT taken because the photographer was NOT looking at the right thing that was happening right there. But the power of post processing software I praise because I can see what I'm getting and correct as I go along. The problem with younger photographers that haven't worked with film is that some of them don't know what a good print should look like and lack the basic knowledge of high light and low light limits (print vs transparencies). So at least I'm glad I'm not spending my time in the dark, smelling chemicals and waiting for a print to reveal itself under the red light or blindly doing steps with the Kodak drum processor... How many of you have worked with this one? [/QUOTE]
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