I received my FS4000U a few weeks ago, got it 2nd hand from B+H. I have been a film shooter with EOS3 for many years. I got my 10D earlier this year, and out of interest having read sites like luminous landscape etc...I decided to do a little film (superia 100) vs 10D 6.3MP sensor resolution tests.
--------------------------------------------------------- METHOD I'm still in the process of doing these series of tests (I'm shooting newspaper spreads stuck to a wall). Both cameras have CF 12 enabled, tripod mounted, cable released. Superia 100 is scanned at 4000dpi FARE disabled; whilst the 10D captured in RAW, decoded via fileviewer utility and then rescaled to the same width as the film image by PS7.0 bicubic scaling. Since there is a focal length multiplication factor on the 10D of 1.6x, I tested using the 28-70L using "equivalent" 50mm focal lengths (hence, 32 mm on the 10D, and 50mm on the eos3). Lens was shot at f/11 on both bodies. Manual (same) exposure. ---------------------------------------------------------- The results were quite surprising. 100 speed print film scanned at 4000dpi substantially outperforms the 10D in resolution. Small print not readable on the 10D image is much more legible on the scanned film. I find this quite amazing, as I have about 5 double spreads of newsprint forming the width of the test frame, and the words are still readable with the 28-70/superia 100 film!! I'm not saying that print film is better than digital. I'm only talking about pure resolution, not colour accuracy, grain, noise or convenience. >From what I can tell, print film still out-rezs the 10D's 6.3MP sensor by a considerable amount. I think my preliminary findings also show that the L series zooms outperform the resolving capacity of the 10D's sensor. I'll be doing some tests over the next few days or so with sensia 100 and velvia (I still have a ton of it left in my fridge!!!! Thanks to going digital!!) Greg * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
