beach512
9th of January 2003 (Thu), 09:26
Hello -
I had to abandon my D30 in January 2002 and went back to film because of the amount of time and effort involved with the digital SLR. I really did like the result, but I could not keep spending so much time at the computer for a picture. Like a similar post, if I could only get a photo to look like what I saw in BB image (not the thumb), I would have been happy. I never could replicate that though and if I did, it took a huge amount of time. BB did it automatically.
What really killed it for me was a photo assignment I had for New Year's Eve 2002. I was hired to take photos of the "First Night" events (bands, comedians, celebrations, ice sculpters, etc.). I took about 300 photos and then spent New Years Day sifting through the images and picking out the good ones. I spent about 5 hours to get about 30 nice shots that represented the event for inclusion in a DVD along with video clips. I was never paid for the work. No money was left to pay me. I did learn a great deal from the experience and was pleased with the photos selected.
But I decided then and there, I am not doing this again. It would have been better to shoot film and have a relaxing day off for New Years. Yes, I would have been out $125 for film and processing.
My question is:
Has the D60 with new workflows, software, tips improved over the past year ?
Any examples of experiences, especially by professionals ?
I know many of you here are photographers for a hobby and love the work on the computer too for total control of the image. That is great and I am not putting anyone down. The images I see here are awesome !
I just hope to get back into digital someday, because the end results are really great. It just was a pain getting there and especially when time was money (or lack of in this case).
Any comments are appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave
I had to abandon my D30 in January 2002 and went back to film because of the amount of time and effort involved with the digital SLR. I really did like the result, but I could not keep spending so much time at the computer for a picture. Like a similar post, if I could only get a photo to look like what I saw in BB image (not the thumb), I would have been happy. I never could replicate that though and if I did, it took a huge amount of time. BB did it automatically.
What really killed it for me was a photo assignment I had for New Year's Eve 2002. I was hired to take photos of the "First Night" events (bands, comedians, celebrations, ice sculpters, etc.). I took about 300 photos and then spent New Years Day sifting through the images and picking out the good ones. I spent about 5 hours to get about 30 nice shots that represented the event for inclusion in a DVD along with video clips. I was never paid for the work. No money was left to pay me. I did learn a great deal from the experience and was pleased with the photos selected.
But I decided then and there, I am not doing this again. It would have been better to shoot film and have a relaxing day off for New Years. Yes, I would have been out $125 for film and processing.
My question is:
Has the D60 with new workflows, software, tips improved over the past year ?
Any examples of experiences, especially by professionals ?
I know many of you here are photographers for a hobby and love the work on the computer too for total control of the image. That is great and I am not putting anyone down. The images I see here are awesome !
I just hope to get back into digital someday, because the end results are really great. It just was a pain getting there and especially when time was money (or lack of in this case).
Any comments are appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave