In reply to KaWai:

KaWai. I am not a 'believer' as you put it in any tool. I don’t limit my self to any standard way of practice. I use film and digital for whatever suits the purpose of what I am doing at that particular time. Why would I want to limit myself in such a way!

Both film and digital are tools with which we use to communicate in a visual form. That is all they are. There is not an argument whether one is better than the other, they are just different paint brushes! Each with its own characteristic.

The statement made by Nick was just to show his acknowledgement of a significant moment in the history of visual communication, whether it be seen as negative or positive.

The point is that we are slowly being limited to this new medium and this new medium does not resemble what we know as 'photography'.

It is about definition and progression.

In reply to Patch:

How is there a 'new medium'? Surely the statement should be 'new method'.

Photography is the process of recording an image using a light sensitive medium, film, electronic or otherwise.

What am I missing?!

In reply to Josh Baker:

that would make film and photography the same medium by that definition. Surely it is clear that photography is defined by more "parameters" than the recording of the image, thats only part of the definition.

In reply to Patch:

I used to work as a professional photographer, however, I've not used digital so cannot really comment on the quality that can be achieved via professional digital cameras. I use the professional version of Photoshop so I am fully aware of the level of manipulation that can be achieved. I do not think the transition towards digital photography is significant in any way: photography just means an image recorded by a camera, so this can apply to any format.

In reply to Patch:

it's always the Message & idea
not the medium.

In reply to BillySoh:

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In reply to Josh Baker:

Thanks Josh.

But hey, its a scanback, it doesn't capture in a splitsecond like a oneshot back.

Though it would be very interesting to shoot a posed picture from a scanback...

In reply to BillySoh:

Good point. I hadn't noticed that.

I doubt the technology is that far off though. It'll be interesting to see how things progress.

"Though it would be very interesting to shoot a posed picture from a scanback..."

If you do I would love to see the results!