FCC wrote: -No. I would use that money for a 4000 ppi scanner. Just as the D30 is -already obsolete, the D60 will also quickly become a has-been. Because -my film images are better than can be had from any current or upcoming -digital camera (as good as I can make them), so long as film -outperforms digital I will stick with film--scanner technology will -continue to improve, and I will be able to get ever-better digital -images from my film, whereas an image made with a digital camera will -never be better than the day it was taken. Now, when hi-rez desktop -drum scanners are $1500, and desktop inkjets produce prints with the -color range of current 6-color inkjet printers and the longevity of a -Cibachrome print are $500 or less--that will interest me!
Ahh yes, the retro grouch rears its ugly head. Given the same output device, I'd challenge anyone looking at 8x10 or 11x14 photographs produced from a film scan and a D60 from a NORMAL viewing difference and honestly say there is a noticeable difference in quality. You won't find it. You'd probably be hard pressed to see one with a gear geek's loupe. Beyond that, those obsessed with numbers and Mpixels and prints that last twice as long as the world record lifespan usually miss the forest for the trees. I've seen a lot of 4000ppi scans not worthy of a circular file, but have seen D30/D1/1D images which move me as much as any darkroom print I've ever seen. I can't remember ever hearing at a photo exhibit, "Oh, my god, this artist didn't use the xxxxx to do this. How amateur" or "This photo could have been better if he'd output it on the bazillion-dpi-lasts-longer-than-god-ultra-imager, or better yet had used REAL film and done Cibachrome." Brian Fancher Brian Fancher _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
