Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Anthony 
Atkielski" <anthony@a...> wrote:
> Andre writes:
> 
> > Add the cost of an mf scanner and you're
> > there a lot faster.
> 
> I was talking 35mm.  MF is so far ahead of digital that it's not 
conceivable
> to me that a 35mm digital SLR could substitute for a 6x6 negative. 

Well, that's a debate I'm not getting into. I'll leave that one for 
others.

 And
> digital backs for MF cost more like $23,000, for just a partial 
frame, so
> the calculations change again.
> 
> > Not to mention time used for scanning that
> > could be used for promoting/selling or whatever.
> 
> Time spent scanning is minimal already.  Most time in front of the 
PC is
> spent editing photos, not scanning them; and that does not go away 
with
> digital.
> 
> > Plus whatever one can get for it's
> > film camera gear and the conversion
> > to digital is easier.
> 
> The conversion is also unnecessary.

Well Anthony, conversion is already happening wether we like it or 
not. Canon's 1Ds and Kodak 14n are not cameras for the amateurs and 
there are replacing more than 35mm! 
Cheers,
Andre