This is not another film post. You might think that I am some sort of anti-digital nut case based on my last few posts. In case it’s not clear at this point - I am not. I shoot digital as much or more than most DSLR owners. I own every digital image editor and photo browser you can think of. In some areas of that software I might even be considered an expert, not that I ever wanted to be. I spend far far more time in front of a computer and specifically in front of Photoshop that I care to recount.
Believe it or not this started while I was shooting film as a capture medium exclusively. The reason is that for my purposes, digital output allowed me to produce output quality that exceeded what I could personally produce or even afford to produce traditionally. This was first true for color and then at some point a while ago it also became true for black and white as well. When I say output what I mean is photographs on paper and other physical artifacts. Which by now you should know is my favorite way to view and share images. I use Aperture 3 as my primary image cataloging system and Photoshop as my primary image manipulation software.