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Re: [Digital BW] Shooting digital vs. film

2002-09-06 by Stan McQueen

At 02:10 PM 9/6/2002, Robert wrote:
>The biggest problem for digital in street photography is the clunky, loud,
>and power hungry SLR's and the lack of good lens options and pixels for the
>small cameras.

Not to mention the unpredictability of the actual shutter release. My Nikon 
Coolpix 800 takes a picture whenever it feels like it after you press the 
shutter. Do the digital SLRs have more immediate shutter response? For 
street photography I use an old, unpretentious looking Yashica rangefinder.

Stan

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