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<blockquote data-quote="ohkphoto" data-source="post: 4336" data-attributes="member: 1573">More than age demographics, I think it has to do with &quot;technology comfort&quot;.&nbsp; What I have noticed is that the &quot;old school photographers&quot; who spent a lifetime with film (and refused to &quot;dink&quot; around with computers) have a difficult time with the digital darkroom because of computer illiteracy in general. It's hard and frustrating to figure out what to do with digital pics if you can't find your way around a computer screen. Then there are those who stuck with film as long as they could but kept up with computer technology and then made a successful leap to digital photography.&nbsp; &nbsp;I think it's a waste of money and good technology if you're going to post-process everything.&nbsp; A simple point and shoot will do.&nbsp; It doesn't mean that you're any less of an artist/photographer.&nbsp; So why do we have all of our beautiful Nikon dslr's? . . . because they give us such wonderful technical control so that what we get out of the camera is pretty close (if not better) to what we would have gotten with a slr film camera.&nbsp;I post-process to enhance, not fix.&nbsp; Besides that, not everything can be fixed in editing software.&nbsp; Try shooting under flourescent lights with an unfiltered flash. (since white balance was brought up)&nbsp;I still shoot film, on occasion, mostly for sentimental reasons (my mom's Nikon F).&nbsp; But I'm with you, Anthony, on the digital toolbox.&nbsp; I love how you can take a good photograph and make it really better express your artistic vision after digital processing, (and sometimes salvage one that is worthy of it.)&nbsp;Best Regards</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ohkphoto, post: 4336, member: 1573"] More than age demographics, I think it has to do with "technology comfort". What I have noticed is that the "old school photographers" who spent a lifetime with film (and refused to "dink" around with computers) have a difficult time with the digital darkroom because of computer illiteracy in general. It's hard and frustrating to figure out what to do with digital pics if you can't find your way around a computer screen. Then there are those who stuck with film as long as they could but kept up with computer technology and then made a [B]successful leap[/B] to digital photography. I think it's a waste of money and good technology if you're going to post-process everything. A simple point and shoot will do. It doesn't mean that you're any less of an artist/photographer. So why do we have all of our beautiful Nikon dslr's? . . . because they give us such wonderful technical [B]control[/B] so that what we get out of the camera is pretty close (if not better) to what we would have gotten with a slr film camera. I post-process to enhance, not fix. Besides that, not everything can be fixed in editing software. Try shooting under flourescent lights with an unfiltered flash. (since white balance was brought up) I still shoot film, on occasion, mostly for sentimental reasons (my mom's Nikon F). But I'm with you, Anthony, on the digital toolbox. I love how you can take a good photograph and make it really better express your artistic vision after digital processing, (and sometimes salvage one that is worthy of it.) Best Regards [/QUOTE]

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