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by spodeworld
" The moral of the story is to choose an SLR system (Nikon, Canon, Minolta, etc.) that works best for the type of shooting you tend to do, as well as the way you tend to shoot."
So, are there any guidelines for what works best for different types of shooting? If there are, it would be good to know. For example, if one likes architecture or nature, is there a potential winner? Or, am I taking your comment too literally?
Thanks.
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May 22 '09
2:47 pm PDT
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I agree that the debate should really end.... (Reply to this comment)
by colonialpara
in truth, I think to an extent, it has. And it's been replaced with the newer debate, "film vs. digital."
Like you, I am a Nikon F100 user and for many of the same reasons you are. However, I never used a Canon camera for any lengthy period of time.
I tend to shoot about 55-60% of everything I do with slide film and I vary which films I use. For certain things I'll use slide film requiring E-6 processing and at other times, I'll use Kodachrome 64 and 200. I still have about 10 rolls of K25 in my freezer.
Although I have posted a couple of digital camera reviews here, namely the Nikon D70 and the D2X (which I thought was an exceptional camera), at this point I don't own one.
I'm in the Air National Guard and the Air Force, as well as the other services have all abandoned film usage in favor of digital. Then again, most military photographers were using gov't purchased D1Xs and will probably soon be re-equipped with the D2X.
I think if I could afford a D2x and did a lot of my own printing (with good gear), I might be tempted to go digital completely. But I'm a little afraid, too that I'd be too tempted to leave film as so many others have. So, I continue to shoot film. Much of my reticence is also based on the fact that I am an enthusiast and not a professional. Additionally, for me, time is NOT of the essence and workflow is not an issue.
All of the above keeps me shooting film, that and a love of the resolution I get from slides.
I like your reviews because throughout, you use logic and reason in ALL of your rationales and I think that makes your positions all the more informed and defensible. Your reviews leave readers very little room to wiggle and critique and in that, I find them to be perhaps the most helpful of all.
Well done.
Paul Connors
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May 17 '05
7:12 am PDT
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