Uncle Frank
(K=1642) - Comment Date 11/29/2002
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From what I've read on several forums I belong to, a large number of professional photographers have switched to digital. Photo-journalists led the initial charge, but now that resolutions are reaching as high as 14MP (Kodak Kodak DCS 14n), I expect that commercial portrait artists will join in. The disadvantages can be worked around, and advantages are just too compelling to be ignored. But that's jmho.
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Uncle Frank
(K=1642) - Comment Date 11/29/2002
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Danie, you might want to read some of the posts on the Pro Digital Forum over at DP Review.
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/forum.asp?forum=1014
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Joe Heiliger
(K=22) - Comment Date 12/4/2002
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I'm a pro... I shoot digital...
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Brian E. Chilson
(K=-474) - Comment Date 1/9/2003
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Frank - I'm a pro and I shoot for newspapers and I shoot everyday, but I haven't shot a frame of film in 3 months. I recently talked to a friend of mine in St.Louis who is a commercial shooter - he does ad work for the likes of Busch beer and Rawlings sporting goods. he shot 4x5 transparency film when I worked for him 9 years ago - now does about 50% digital.
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Uncle Frank
(K=1642) - Comment Date 1/9/2003
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Joe and Brian, thanks for the confirmations. I know a few pros who have gone digital recently, including one guy who does publicity photos for Broadway productions. About 2 weeks after buying a D60, he banished his film bodies to the closet. Turns out his clients loved the immediacy and quality of his results. He's recently added an EOS-1D to his arsenal, paid for by bonuses and savings on film.
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Ricky Sanders
(K=190) - Comment Date 1/10/2003
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I'm pro and shoot digital but not all the time. It's simply another tool. If we're doing large format, e.g. 4'X8', 4X5 transparency still rules. But, use digital all the time on smaller jobs.
Ricky
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Chad Naujoks
(K=1242) - Comment Date 1/21/2003
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I did some shots for a modeling agency last year, their whole set up was digital. But it was a Scan Back for a 645, teathered to a computer. But, it was still digital. I shoot with the Nikon D100, and know most of the pro's in this area (weddings and portraits) switch between digital and 645.
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David Lake
(K=3310) - Comment Date 2/17/2003
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We have been shooting digital for 18 months now. We us it on all of our schools and our wedding work. We have made images as large as 30x40 from the studio. We still have our film cameras but use them less and less each month.
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Jason Henske
(K=1822) - Comment Date 4/5/2003
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I switched to digital 3 years ago with the introduction of the Nikon D1. The camera, and the D1x are now the choice, both for day to day newspaper work, as well as magazine work, with editors preferring the speed with which an image can be delivered. Locally, the top portrait studio has switched from 6x6 format to digital SLR
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Melissa Milligan
(K=549) - Comment Date 4/23/2003
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I added a digital camera (D100) in September. On the rare occasion I pick up my F100, I shoot, then look at the back where the LCD would be on the D100. Total idiotic thing to do, but it shows you how easily I've become accustomed to seeing results immediately. Still love film, and still shoot only film underwater. Like someone said, it's simply another tool. It is exactly that, and the digital vs. film debate makes me nuts. Some people hate digital because they think it'll make film obsolete. I doubt that'll ever happen in our lifetime. Custom Photo Labs didn't stop people from doing their own darkroom work, so why should this be any different? It's all about the creative process and the tools you choose to create.
However, clients do love the immediacy. Altho I'm a pro photographer now, I have a background on the other side of the fence - was a Marketing Executive for years, in charge of advertising, among other things. I left that before the digital was 'rampant', but I can tell you that I would have definitely preferred the quick results digital could provide. Most marketers are continually behind the 8-ball: everything's a rush. It would be a huge competitive advantage for a photog to provide proofs quickly.
Eventually the playing field will level out again, when most photogs shoot digital, but for now, it's still a competitive advantage.
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Daniel Headrick
(K=570) - Comment Date 4/28/2003
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I'm on my way to being a pro, and have used digital for the past year. For most projects, I insist on digital for a myriad of reasons, but find that sometimes you just can't get the same look without a manual camera.
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