Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Wee Wally. I think you may be missing a wee point; I did NOT say that he'd get better images with digital - although I think he would. And I did NOT say he shouldn't shoot film - I'd never say that. What I said was that scanning a slide on an Epson desk top scanner, and comparing your results to what your eye sees in a slide, says absolutely nothing about whether digital "capture," which I consider shooting an image with digital, using a full-frame high end digital camera, does or doesn't compare favorably with film. That's all. I still have - and have on my website - film images shot with a pre-K1000 Pentax. ;-) On 10/2/06 6:32 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information