ODO: 622
Well, it has been a while since I have posted, but that is because the only riding I have done lately has been to and from the school, and the only photography has been for the most part, with my kid’s digital camera. I have taken loads of shots..!! These have all been mediocre, to say the most. There is a lot of white that shows up in the images, and of course the quality is pretty low. The camera only shoots 3.2 mega pixel. When I shoot with my Hass and scan at 1600 dpi, I am getting roughly 16 MP on a 5.5 x 5.5 CM image. What is that to a 35mm? Maybe 20 MP? Without doing the math, I can tell you that there is a SERIOUS quality difference. The big experience for me is knowing how it feels to shoot with reckless abandon, and then have the images to look at on the computer as soon as I get home, rather than buying and loading film, then shooting with caution and without a preview, and then having to wait for a week after I finally get the roll turned into the lab.
Now that Hasselblad does make a 16 Mega pixel back for the 503 CW, does anyone have $10,000 they could spot me for the digital back?
In other news, the PC is smiling. 2.5 GB of RAM and 460 GB Hard Drive space. Okay, the processor is 3.0 Dual Core, but it does a fair number for my work. The specs are happy specs.
Kids will be on holiday after a couple of weeks. They will be off for two full weeks. I need to get some proper film before then. The other reason to go to digital… The stooped local camera shops do not carry a variety of films.
PS, Jessop’s??? They are horrible! Poor customer service, lousy film and services for medium format, and next to nothing available in store. Delivery time is very long, and processing time has taken up to a month for my film. But hey, I have only shopped with them a few times, maybe 12. And they have only done me wrong 8 or so times, so I guess I shouldn’t complain!
So this leaves me two options… I need a digital back, or I need to have a much better supplier for my film. Guess which is the cheapest over the short run? Processing is sorted through Transpcolor, and they do fine work. Thank god somebody in England does..!!! http://www.teanspacolor.com/
Happy shooting..!!!