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March 9, 2010
I spent the long weekend down at Victor Harbor sorting through my old view/field camera equipment that had been stored away for a decade or more, and then waiting for the weather to settle down so that I could start using the gear. I had some shots already lined up.
Whilst in Tasmania I realized that though the Leica S2 may be the finest digital camera in regards to image quality I will never be able to buy one. Nor could I ever afford to buy the new Hasselblad H4D-40 megapixel camera, its medium format equivalent, or even the Nikon DX3.
As Elizabeth Carmel observes:
The Hasselblad system cost really does not make sense as an investment for people not making a living from their photography, unless you are independently wealthy and want the joy of working with the best money can buy.
So my only option is making use film and my old view/field cameras to get better quality than my digital point and shoot camera can deliver:
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Quarry, Queenstown, Tasmania 2010
This is not just returning to the old and outmoded, given the possibilities offerred by Apple's iPad and its e-book format for photographers to break free of the constraints of the publishing houses and create & distribute their own content.
As Elizabeth Carmel observes tablets with hi-resolution color means that small indy publishers can release books in a digital format that can easily be downloaded and read (iphone is too small), and bypass the printing process.
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