[PRCo] Re: going digital

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Thu, 29 May 2008, Fred Schneider wrote:

> The lenses that you use in 35mm are not the same as you will use in
> digital because the area you are covering is not the same.   You are
> covering an area approximately 1 x 1 1/2 inches in film.   In
> digital, you are covering a receptor that is much smaller.

Depends on the camera. But you don't want to spend the kind of money to 
get one where the sensor is film-sized.

You can reuse canon lenses but on my camera the "film" lenses have a 
different effective range.

> I cannot help but revere people like O. Winston Like who spent days
> string wires and and testing them and planting flash bulbs all over
> the place in order to take one picture.   And once he took that one

I've done that, but with digital. Once, it backfired. I will tell you 
about West Newton before christmas sometime if you put a beer in me.

It's a good story.

You can use flash with digital. Press 11 and press 40 bulbs are like a 
dollar a pop (literally) tho.