Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hairsplitting? On the LUG? Nooooooo. On 2/14/06 3:28 PM, "Didier Ludwig" <rangefinder@screengang.com> wrote: > >> Not sure where the digital vs. analog got started... This isn't the first >> place I've seen it. Traditional film is *not* analog. If you want to >> classify it between digital and analog, you'd have to classify film >> emulsion >> as digital, too. :) > > We can talk about if film is analog or not, but there's no doubt it has no > digital character at all. Film emulsion is not rasterized in a straight > matrix. The grains sizes are varying, and their arrangement is stochastic > and > three-dimensional. Even the sensibility may change from grain to grain > (one of > the reasons why grain can be seen on shots with low light). > > If film is analog or not, doesn't mind very much, as long as everyone knows > what's meant with analog. Going further might turn into hairsplitting... > ;-) > > Didier > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information