Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. Sorry old pal but this is beginning to sound like hokee bokee to me. I can buy a 25 year old Pentax K1000 for $125. How much will it cost me to move into the "real world" with the Canon? My Pentax K1000 will be hard to beat, especially if I pay attention to image content. Wee Wally Winkle B. D. Colen wrote: >I'm sure you realize, Phil, that the fact that your scans of your slides >aren't up to the quality you see in your slides doesn't prove anything - >except that your 4490 scanner (hardly the be-all and end-all in scanning) >combined with your scanning skills can't produce scans that are the same as >what your eyes see in the slides. Before you can say that the "50 year old >technology still trumps digital capture," perhaps you should compare digital >capture to the 50-year-old technology - because, of course, there is nothing >in your post about digital capture: >Put a full-frame digital SLR - say the Canon EOS1DS MkII on a tripod, next >to whatever film camera you're taking. Shoot the same scene, with the same >lens, and equivalent exposures - after you've calibrated for the camera's >sensor, make adjustments in Photoshop, because of course you'll be shooting >RAW and the image will need sharpening and the same kind of contrast >adjustment the film gives the scene, and then begin to make comparisons. > >It's great that you're happy with the "50 year-old-technology;" but please, >let's talk real comparisons if you're going to make comparisons. ;-) > > >On 10/2/06 2:47 PM, "Philip Forrest" <photo.forrest@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > >>Here are a few scans of some Velvia 100 I shot out in Bryn Mawr, PA earlier >>this spring with Jim Shulman. My Epson 4490 just doesn't have the dynamic >>range of the chromes themselves. I would have to do multiple scans >>weighted >>towards each color channel in order to get the incredible amount of >>saturation that the film shows. One more reason why 50 year old technology >>still trumps digital capture. Not that I don't like digital, I just don't >>love it like my Velvia. >> >> >> >>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_04E.jpg >> >>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_03E.jpg >> >>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_02E.jpg >> >>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_01E.jpg >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >