Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Outputting to slides
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 09:29:19 -0300

Eric:

I was not implying that you did not know good quality, but that you most
likely used high speed print film most of the time.  I have shot slow speed
50 asa agfa print alongside Velvia for a project on signs and the Velvia
was more accurate on the colours and had almost no grain.  The same scans
done of the print film looked awful in comparison, with poor colour and
more grain.

Not to start a big argument, but if you compare an original slide to a
digitally output copy of that slide, it will look inferior.  When I was at
a show by Galen Rowell, some of his images were obviously digitally edited
and looked awful.  I am sure he is using the best digital service he can
find to do his outputting.  All this is dependant of course on how big you
project them.  A digital slide may be fine for smaller projection sizes.
Galens were projected probably at least twenty feet accross.
  
Regards,

Robert

At 09:06 PM 9/11/99 -0500, Eric Welch wrote:
>At 05:45 PM 9/11/99 -0300, Robert G. Stevens wrote:
>>Eric's praise may come from having scans from 800asa print film recorded to
>>slides, rather than slower slide film being scanned, edited and output back
>>to slides.
>
>Wrong! I have slides done from fine grained film (100 qualify?) and the 
>slides look great. You just have to find a place that can do it right. I'm 
>not some blind fool who doesn't know quality.
>
>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
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>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
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