Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you compare a high quality photographic print from film to a digital print from a digital image the photographic print is still better. And if you compare a large format photographic print to a digital print it is quite a lot better.<
a couple of people i know who shoot 4x5 and make large exhibition prints would disagree with you. the digital print from a scan of the 4x5 is almost invariably better, in their opinion. the most recent example i have met is a professional fine art landscape photographer who makes most of his money from print sales. he's the guy i took the workshop from recently. have you had an exhibition print professionally made from a 4x5 via traditional enlarger and then by scanning recently? everyone of the people i have talked to didn't switch to scans and digital prints because of control, although they like that aspect of it. they did it because of quality and durability. i see what the professionals around me who have "made it" (they derive all their income from their photography) in the fine art landscape photography business are doing and no matter what film they shoot, they do digital prints. Herb....
