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. -- I should have put a smiley after my message. Or a tongue-in-cheek. R. > Bob, generally these days I'd say that when people are talking about > "digital capture," they mean capturing the image in the camera, not > transferring the image from one medium to another. > > > On 10/2/06 3:18 PM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote: > >> B.D. -- He was comparing digital capture, just not the kind of digital >> capture you're talking about. R. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 2:03 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Bryn Mawr, PA >> >> >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >