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when the fuck will digital get to a point where it looks good automatically like film?
I keep being drawn back to film because my digital work looks like shit unless I do 17 hours of post processing, and even then I feel like it's a high-wire act and the photo could fall apart and look like a snapshit if I make one small mistake.
but I've never ONCE taken a photo on film that had that "snapshit" quality about it, sure I've taken boring photos on film but they still have an instant "magic" cinematic quality about them with no post processing and I'm not worried about them coming out looking sterile/flat/unprofessional like digital almost always does.
And it's not just about grain or nostalgia. there are very subtle variations in color and light and shadow that digital simply cannot see and it makes a huge difference.
Take this photograph as an example. it could NOT be captured on digital no matter how many hours you spent processing it. there's simply an ethereal magical quality about it.
but when will digital catch up? I'm not superstitious and I'm sure it'll happen eventually but I feel like people are in denial about the gap and it's causing manufacturers not to invest money in advancing the tech in any significant way. I feel like there's still a huge amount of ground for digital to cross before it's capable of capturing mages like this and yet no one seems to care anymore.
