In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.


Electric Hands? (LOMO ColorSplash Camera)


Federation Squared. (LOMO SuperSampler)

Apparently, these two pictures (out of three) are a big hit with gallery visitors to the Obscurity Picture's Plastic Show. And their the lowest-priced too. Everyone else is selling their works for a few grand each and mine is only $100 each. Anyway, it's fun to know that people like your work at your first show. Haha.

I like using film as a medium, as opposed to digital. Film has a much higher resolution at a lower cost. If you are a photographer who takes less than four rolls a day, it is still cheaper than digital. I'm talking about comparing with film-quality digital SLRs. Not your normal consumer digital camera. Apparently, you need at least an 11-megapixel digital camera to match the quality of film. This means that the megapixel chip itself is as big as 35mm capture spot. But a camera like that will cost $14,000.00. Nice price for a nice camera. So if you want top quality photographs when you're not a professional photographer, you need a film camera, not digital.

Film has also a certain aesthetic quality that's missing in digital. For example, colours are not as charming as on film. It quite depends on what film emulsion you're talking about though. But a lot of digital cameras actually capture things correctly, maintaining colour consistency, whereas film does things to your pictures. But precisely because of that, film looks better.

Sorry, I'm all over the place here. I've never been satisfied with digital. Even digital video.

If one takes notice, an overwhelming majority of movies are still shot on film, even though digital video is dramatically cheaper. The problem with digital is it doesn't have that same 'film look' as film. If I had the budget, I would shoot something on film. Even though some may philosophise that we are in the digital age, I still don't think digital video has even come close to emulating film.

Right, not all digital is good. Music on records sounds better than on CDs. How? It has a warmer, more coloured sound. CDs don't normally give you that kind of sound. What about the cracks, hiss, pops and whistles? CDs don't do those either. But these deficiency adds more character to music.

I guess you can say that recently, I'm moving towards a more analog/mechanical position. Consumers go crazy about digital, but I think this is only because advertisers go crazy on their advertisements.

Anyway, yes, don't listen to me. I'll just ramble on and on. Like I said, I'm all over the place here, writing down only what comes to me at this moment.

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