i'm doing something similar even though i am shooting landscape and nature shots, except that i am still shooting about half film and half digital (in terms of frames shot). i tend to use the digital for grab shots, insurance shots, macros, and panoramas. generally, every composition i make in film, i will take a digital one first and have a look in the LCD for general composition and exposure. in the case of macro shots, i may never take a film image because i can't position the camera to take the picture as i can with the digital. smaller camera size and swiveling LCD make all the difference. with a 5 megapixel camera, 11x14's come out well enough that no-one buying my stock images cares for the film versions. i will try a lot more compositions in digital just to see.
i won't bracket in digital unless the light is really tricky and my preview shows that things are not being captured. i'm more likely to give up the shot than bracket though. for my film shots, i have to be more sure that the picture will work and i always bracket half under, full under, and at recommended exposure. if i am a little less sure of light, i will bracket a second time shifted up or down depending on whether i feel i need shadows or highlights more. i've taken to shooting in RAW mode, so digital exposure is not quite as critical anyway. the camera works in 12-bit mode and gives me a little more room to work with for shadow detail. i find that it is trivial to get consistent color on the screen and in print compared to scanning film and printing. films are more nonlinear across the color channels than digital and slight over or under exposure alters the color balance enough to require some custom rebalancing on almost every scan. half over or under for Provia seems to be about the limit, while Velvia seems to be more like 1/4 over or under before i have to make a different profile. this is on top of film's higher sensitivity to "nonstandard" lighting conditions and the color temperature of the light. as far as i am concerned, the sooner i can go fully digital, the better. for the fine art market and its larger print sizes, that will be a while yet, so i stay with some film for my work. Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 11:02 Subject: Re: I Am Pissed! > So the stats hold with what my niece is doing. Thanks for the input. > Follow-on question: Are you taking more for safety reasons or trying > more new things or both. > > Seems like digital may impact what you deliver to the client beyond > the quality issue.
