VCF suggestions...

[Tony Duell]

> 
> The question is not analog vs. digital photography. The question is when
> to use what of those two mediums. They are entirely different mediums,

I agree 100%. I can see plenty of times where digital photography is 
appropriate -- the most obvious one being press work where you gain the 
ability to quickly trasnmit your picture across the world if necessary. 

This, however, does not mean that digitial photography is appropriate for 
_all_ situations. 

I haev mentioned that I think the best cammera to use for photographic 
classic comptuers is a large-format camera, probably a monorail. This 
doesn't mean it 's the best camera for all situations (I'd love to see 
you attempt sports photography with one ;-)). Much of what I'm interested 
in photographing is either small-ish closeup objects (bits of classic 
computers :-)), or old architecture. The large format camera is good for 
both of those.

But note I said most, not all. I do have plenty of other cameras, 
including 35mm. If i'm just wandering around as a tourist, I'll take a 
reasonable 35mm SLR and a couple of extra lenses (I prefer fixed focal 
length lenses to zooms for 2 reasons, (a) they tend to bave better 
resolution and (b) you tend to move around to get the best composition of 
your photograph rather than standing in one place and zooming until it 
looks right. The former generally leads to better-composed pictures).

And even for classic computer photography there are times when I'd use 
35mm. The obvious one is if I want to take slides to illustrate a talk 
I'm giving. Most lecture rooms have a 35mm projector. Rather fewer have a 
medium format (6*6cm image) or large format projector.

And yes, I'll admit it. I like the feel and handling of some classic 
cameras. 

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> paper. I am using a medium format camera (Kiev 88) as this is the
> minimum format to get acceptable results for this print size.

Completely off-topic, but I was looking for an HP manual the other day 
and I came across the original _service_ manual for the Kiev 88 and 
88TTL, in English (the other Kiev manuals I have, for the 19 and 60 
series are in Russian...). I have no intention of selling this manual (I 
might get such a camera one day), but I can certainly look things up if 
you ever need to get inside.

You didn't think I only had service data for old computers, did you :-)..

-tony