3 Tips

I must disagree with your statement that film had/has a greater tonal range than modern digital detectors. I believe that a modern digital RAW file has more color and tonal information in it than does any silver-based analog image, including 3-strand Technicolor. The problem with film is that when the film is processed, it is done, and there is little more one can do with it. And remember, it is processed in the dark – you can’t see it until the image is literally “fixed.” I once gave Eastman Kodak a contract for a step wedge with 100 steps of grey. They chose the film and the process, and couldn’t deliver, even though they claimed that, in theory, it should be easy. Their opponent was primitive electronic analog imaging systems, and they did deliver. It was the beginning of the end for film in U.S. military reconnaissance systems where dynamic range was one of the most important attributes. Film may have advanced some since then, but digital detectors have advanced much more. To technically compare a Kodachrome slide to a modern RAW image is like comparing an 8mm film to a Technicolor Image.

But to your major point about learning your craft and its tools. I couldn’t agree more! I’ll give the piece 9/10. ;-)