Pro photojournalist new to the list

[louisianadiver]

Hello all. I'm an often-published photojournalist new to this list. I'm a holdout film user for a variety of reasons. You can see examples of my stuff at http://claycoleman.tripod.com I'd be glad to share what I know, including my experiences with magazines and book publishers.

 

[UndrWatrDan]

Hello all. I'm an often-published photojournalist new to this list. I'm a holdout film user for a variety of reasons. You can see examples of my stuff at http://claycoleman.tripod.com I'd be glad to share what I know, including my experiences with magazines and book publishers.

Welcome to the board louisianadiver. Look forward to viewing some of your work.

Danny

 

[JRO]

Just checked out your site...Wow! Some beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing.

My personal favorite was "Yet another seaweed blenny (Parablennius marmoreus)".

Jeff

 

[CBulla]

Ahoy there and welcome aboard!

 

[H2Andy]

welcome aboard... and wow... some awesome pics you got there

 

[justleesa]

Aloha and welcome to the board........Wow! You have some real nice stuff there! Tell me, what are your reasons for being a holdout film user???

 

[getwet2]

Welcome Clay,

Looked at your site, great pictures, I really like the black & white cavern with the diver. I think it's the sun streaks that make it. Those blennies always make me chuckle when I see one, they always look like you caught them doing something they shouldn't be, you know like little kids in the cookie jar. Thanks for sharing!

 

[cdiver2]

Hello all. I'm an often-published photojournalist new to this list. I'm a holdout film user for a variety of reasons. You can see examples of my stuff at http://claycoleman.tripod.com I'd be glad to share what I know, including my experiences with magazines and book publishers.

and welcome especially to a film hold out I was feeling very lonley. Again great shots
David

 

[Marvintpa]

Clay will be a great addition to this board.
His book on North American dive sites is due to be released soon, I believe.

 

[louisianadiver]

Aloha and welcome to the board........Wow! You have some real nice stuff there! Tell me, what are your reasons for being a holdout film user???

Hi Justleesa. The prosaic answer is because I already have film equipment, I'm familiar with it, and it's gotten me results. The second reason is that I know of no housed lens that can produce the edge-to-edge sharpness of the Nikon or Sea & Sea 15mm lenses for Nikonos (not to mention the convenient size of the Nikonos system). I shoot all wide angle with those lenses. The third reason is the 1.3-1.5x crop of the current DX systems. I know that Canon has a full-frame sensor, but those are prohibitively expensive. I shoot macro with a housed N90s and either a 60mm or a 105mm lens (Nikons). The 1.5 crop would turn my 60mm into a 90mm and would render the 105mm almost useless. The last reason is archival. I'm not sure that the images currently being made digitally won't be obsolete in a few years. Slides are easy to organize and store, last more than a lifetime, and can be re-scanned as technology develops. Plus, if a slide gets scratched, I can fix it; if an image file is corrupted, the image is lost forever.