Originally Posted by benjamin
Nightshade,
I disagree with your assertion that you can't get texture and grain out of digital shots. It takes some work in photoshop, but there's a more important point here: why are texture and grain superior to the alternative?
Film research has always been geared toward producing *less* grainy film emulsions. Why, now that we can shoot with zero grain, would we shift back towards grain?
I personally think that there is a time when artistically, a photographer may desire the look of film, but that doesn't make it objectively better than digital.
Depends on what you are shooting and your style really. I mean a clean shot is always the desired result in the end most times....but how do you account for the thousands of Holga users? The Holga is crap from the start but the amazing images it produces are unique to it.
I also shoot Time Zero film in an old SX70 Polaroid for manipulations...why would I want to destroy a perfectly good shot by manipulating it?
Its all art in the end and personal preference is as much a part of it as is processing technique and antything else you can think of.