James asked a question about digital versus film. Well, this is my most favourited picture on flickr, so I'd say yes.
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James asked a question about digital versus film. Well, this is my most favourited picture on flickr, so I'd say yes.
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That photo makes me feel very very very (etc) small. Awesome.
Posted by: dboy | December 07, 2007 at 04:59 PM
Film cameras. Typewriters. All tools that require us to think more before we commit. Because it requires more effort to get the image on film. And because it requires more composition in the mind because you can't undo on a typewriter.
Posted by: Leon Jacobs | December 08, 2007 at 11:44 AM
I think it's so popular because everyone's going "DUDE - RUSSELL WAS ON NECKER ISLAND!"
Posted by: Bobbie | December 08, 2007 at 03:55 PM
Having asked the question, I don't think it has anything to do do with the effort of getting the image on film - Lomos are famously point-and-click ("Don't Think, Just Shoot" was their motto). I think that idea is essentially a Luddite one, which is exactly what I was trying to avoid.
The interest lies in the artifacts, the non-perfect colour and focus, and the depth of the image - digital photos just seem 'flat' to me.
Posted by: James | December 09, 2007 at 06:40 PM
Non-perfection is certainly something to do with it. Which for me, with lomos, is to do with the non-preciousness of them. I certainly wouldn't stick my digital camera in a wave like that. But I'm happy to do it with the lomo, because the crappier it gets the better it gets.
Posted by: russell | December 09, 2007 at 07:20 PM
The analogue shots on flickr are more interesting because the people still shooting film have a reason for doing so (or they inherited a suitcase full of Kodachrome from that Aunt in Muswell Hill). The rest of us are just shooting.
Posted by: Steve Bowbrick | December 09, 2007 at 08:24 PM