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I sany one else having this issue? Where do I begin to resolve it? Canon

Tokina or do I give up and send the lens back?

Robert I was actually thinking you beat me to it in your first post on this subject. At least two of us get it!

Not crazy at all. I bought one as a backup to the 20D, and shot most of my most recent wedding with it. Images are great. With digital it's all about sensors and lenses. The build quality is not "Pro" level, but the images are. IMHO.

I read it all.

To me this sounds like he was just using a business plan now being sold via DVD by a certain marketing genius who used to shoot weddings, but that he was taking it to extremes....

Nice work...tell us something about your technique.

Gary (I've been away)...thanks for the explanation. I am disillusioned with digi but cannot seem to find a lab that will do justice to film. Seriously I have been very discouraged, and really feeling like an ambassador without portfolio lately. I'm rethinking everything.

Thanks for the post Janet - I am in exactly the same predicament with an new F100....learning curve and how know what the camera wants to do on my behalf...thanks also to all who posted.

I'll be watching over your shoulder for an answer. I have great Provia slides from a recent trip - now what? How to get best possible 16x20 or 11x14 from my chromes? Drum Scan and Print from West Cost Imaging? Or other options....Thanks to all who post suggestions.

Gary, you ceased using a DSLR? Can you elaborate, I'd be interested to hear why and what you are using now? Thanks

Dancing Dove - good luck and keep the faith..my wife beat stage IV BC ...from what I watched her go thru - your worries are natural but don't listen to them.!

Hmm...good info. I just checked the National Geographic site and under FAQ's - sure enough they still all shoot slide films. We're not alone after all!

Marc & Donald, Great images! See a pic really is worth 1000 words. Thanks again.

not for me, no IS and the EVF is awful IMHO

I agree with Marc (whose work I really admire - but I don't imitate). Watching everybody else's work will make me a poor imitation of them, and not a good version of me. Sounds corny but, I am finally getting comfortable enough to take work I know I do well, and to turn down assignments/weddings I know that someone else would be better suited for. It means less business but the work I do is better, and I believe that I will develop a niche.

I suggest KEH.Com - and Item from Keh mgraded "EX" is like something from anyplace else graded LN or Mint. THey are fair and honest with great customer service.

For used I suggest Keh.com - Totally on the up and up! An item graded EX from Keh is like something marked Mint everywhere else.

Marc - that detail is astounding!

A great Big Amen to everything he said! And he's got the chops to back it up!

Where did I ever say ﾑrequires digitalﾒ? (Point of fact - I have gone back to MF myself). And yes of course itﾒs the photographer who makes the photos. I never said it wasnﾒt.

I said ﾓUSUALLY (not always)ﾔ? I said ﾓIn the end shouldn't the pictures do the talking?ﾔ The ﾑstandardﾒ I am referring to is superior color saturation, sharpness, tonality, and contrast. Just look at the economics. Six competitors in my immed. area. Two use MF and average $5k a wedding. The next two are using Full Frame Dslrﾒs also averaging $5k. The remaining two use 35mm and they average about $2k per wedding. IMHO the 35mm work they produce does not compare favorably with those who are using FF Dslrﾒs and MF. This was not a indictment of All 35mm users, but an observation of the market place.

Gary relax. Erwitt's a genius. But he's not a wedding photographer in the NY Metro area, and I know the work I am competeing against.

This is Wedding photography we are discussing right? And there is a look, a standard if you will(one that Mr Erwitt probably disdains) which clients are looking for. And the shooters around me using 35 cannot / do not deliver. Cheers.

Wow, this got intense. I actually like hearing from Scott because he is so direct and because he makes a lot of sense. We all have freedom to choose but I agree that the 35mm crowd are USUALLY (not always) 2nd tier budget shooters. In the end shouldn't the pictures do the talking?

Note to John Webster - sure looks good to me. If the LS was as good as his marketing I'd be thrilled.

Uhmmm I'd have run for the camera - good decision my friend!

Back to the future with film for me. Love shooting digital: 100's of shots on a card, ISO and white balance on the fly...BUT, the post production was aboslutely joy-less. I looked this weekend at some of my 100% digital weddings from last year, and I can't really knock the results. But I have gone back to film and am glad of it.