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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKK9-HEDa8I&NR=1 Using the same lens will you be able to produce a recorded image of equal or better quality using a digital camera instead of film? With equal a full frame digital (36mm) and 35 mm film frame, I'd say a film has an edge. But what about a 120 medium format film versus a 36mm digital? Or a medium format digital back versus a 35 mm film? How about a 4x5 or 8x10 film view camera? As a recording technology a digital image will get the job done for 85 to 90 percent of the needs of most people. A trained professional could point out the difference where digital can't cut it, but most of the bell curve wouldn't see where digital falls short. However, as a system digital a a few advantages: 1) You can see the results in less than hour. You know if you have an image that will be satisfactory and will accomplish the job. There is no lag where you have to wait to know if you need to schedule a reshoot. 2) You don't need to pause to reload after 36 images. 3) The time and cost associated with developing the negative or slide film. Everyone's needs will not be the same. The person with a $3 million print ad campaign will have different requirements for the person making banner ads at 72 dots per inch for web sites. Digital makes creating superior images affordable. It is a wonderful tool for teaching because people learning to make better images can see the difference a change makes right away. They can create more images, but that does not equal better images. However, it helps when learning to make better images. It puts you on the path of turning out better images in a (relatively) short amount of time... You adjust a setting. Take a shot. adjust again. take another shot. Which is better A? B? A? B again? It reminds me of an eye exam. Digital creates a whole problem of preserving and archiving the images (hence the topic of the original post) If you have a system in place where your images are turning out better, it costs you nothing to produce them, and they can actually benefit you if you can access them, how do you keep them safe after they have left you compact flash card? How do you catalog and keep them so that you can find what you need when you need it? Color fidelity, saturation, grain, low light, depth... all might exceed digital when you are using film and when you need a superior image, for now film will be there. For convenience, cost, at an acceptable quality, digital is busting down doors. You can have it "Good, Fast, or Cheap... pick two" Pick three is in the not so distant future. Rocky Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 23:06:12 -0400 From: "Eric S. Sande" Subject: Re: over shooting >Actually exceeds 35mm in some respects. What respects are those? Are you saying, that given equal lenses, a charge coupled detector of fixed bandwidth is an equal recording instrument compared to film? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
