Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/02

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Subject: [Leica] Bryn Mawr, PA
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Mon Oct 2 15:33:02 2006
References: <C146DAA9.164F6%bd@bdcolenphoto.com>

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:
>
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>>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.
>>
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>>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_04E.jpg
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>>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_03E.jpg
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>>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_02E.jpg
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>>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_01E.jpg
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>> 
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