Good advice, seems like a theme that once in a while pops up, sometimes after some Leica or Fuji cameras were launched. My LCD is closed most of the times, moments are gone forever, the memory card stays there.
I confess that I delete a lot of raws, I have stats about that, but I can explain why in a bigger text.
Having had the privilege of seeing a live presentation from Bill and a bit of the stories of his Basque trip, I can definitely say he’s one of the greats.
Is it the Leica M11-D that doesn't have an LCD screen? I think a screen is pretty useful so I wouldn't be tempted by that – but I can understand the appeal. It's the modern habit of looking at the screen after every frame which interrupts the flow.
Please don't delete your raw files, Ruben. It feels to me like burning negatives and I've heard too many stories from colleagues regretting the loss of a negative or a digital file that once seemed redundant but came to be important later.
Indeed, I remember Bill Allard saying how he's always regretted binning the first of the two negatives he had of the "Girls Running", even though it was blurry. Nearly 60 years later, it would have become a valuable part of the story of the frame that he kept.
And I bet Nick Ut wishes AP had kept all the negatives from the day he made his famous "Napalm Girl" picture. They weren't considered worth keeping on the day but imagine if one of those scrapped frames included the stringer who's now claiming to have taken the picture. We can never predict what might be useful in the future.
So I've become an absolutist about keeping original negatives/files. Not that I expect to ever look at them again, they're insurance, just in case.
Good advice, seems like a theme that once in a while pops up, sometimes after some Leica or Fuji cameras were launched. My LCD is closed most of the times, moments are gone forever, the memory card stays there.
I confess that I delete a lot of raws, I have stats about that, but I can explain why in a bigger text.
Having had the privilege of seeing a live presentation from Bill and a bit of the stories of his Basque trip, I can definitely say he’s one of the greats.
Is it the Leica M11-D that doesn't have an LCD screen? I think a screen is pretty useful so I wouldn't be tempted by that – but I can understand the appeal. It's the modern habit of looking at the screen after every frame which interrupts the flow.
Please don't delete your raw files, Ruben. It feels to me like burning negatives and I've heard too many stories from colleagues regretting the loss of a negative or a digital file that once seemed redundant but came to be important later.
Indeed, I remember Bill Allard saying how he's always regretted binning the first of the two negatives he had of the "Girls Running", even though it was blurry. Nearly 60 years later, it would have become a valuable part of the story of the frame that he kept.
And I bet Nick Ut wishes AP had kept all the negatives from the day he made his famous "Napalm Girl" picture. They weren't considered worth keeping on the day but imagine if one of those scrapped frames included the stringer who's now claiming to have taken the picture. We can never predict what might be useful in the future.
So I've become an absolutist about keeping original negatives/files. Not that I expect to ever look at them again, they're insurance, just in case.
Another great newsletter. Good tips for staying present in the field.
Lucky you having William Allard’s photo on your wall. Gorgeous. Viewed others online. So good. Thanks for featuring him.