Re:3 lines of code shouldn't take all day
by mikewarot on Thursday December 16, 2021 @05:11AM
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This is the same argument in favor of manual photography with film, instead of a digital SLR, or a camera phone.
While you might learn more if forced by the constraint, the opportunity cost is quite high, and these days you'll never replicate the experience of going off with your glass plates and camera packed on a mule to photograph the Sierras.
Not only all of that... but Ansel Adams spent a TON of time in the darkroom, and pretty much invented most of the techniques that Photoshop emulated in their early versions. Even faced with limited chances at exposing a negative, he iterated the heck out of the development process when making prints.
I share your view that there is value in the focus, but I don't think that anyone can afford the opportunity costs.
While you might learn more if forced by the constraint, the opportunity cost is quite high, and these days you'll never replicate the experience of going off with your glass plates and camera packed on a mule to photograph the Sierras.
Not only all of that... but Ansel Adams spent a TON of time in the darkroom, and pretty much invented most of the techniques that Photoshop emulated in their early versions. Even faced with limited chances at exposing a negative, he iterated the heck out of the development process when making prints.
I share your view that there is value in the focus, but I don't think that anyone can afford the opportunity costs.