We don't have to admit that at all. In some ways I get very tired of this argument. High end digital is good enough for most commercial use now. That is not the same thing as it is better than film. First comparing a digitalised film image to digital imaging is kind of stupid unless you need a digital image. Guess what? When you need a digital image, like for the internet, you don't need much of an image. 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.
If your ultimate use is for publication, then the digital work flow is quicker and easier to use and makes a lot of economic sense. If you want to compare a 6x6 slide on a screen to a projected digital image maybe not. Image quality is not everything. If it were no one would be using 35mm in the first place. 35mm became good enough 25-30 years ago, digital is rapidly becoming good enough now. Neither is anywhere near great. In some instances quality is important and film is still ahead there. Furthermore chemical process and digital process are entirely different in appearance and one can no more be said to be better than the other than oil can be said to be better than water color in painting. In many ways those few folks who are saying digital is just another format that is available to us are the smart ones because that is exactly what it is. What digital whether direct digital or scanned film does do is return control of his images to the photographer. Once again he can produce his own final image and not be at the mercy of some lab that does not give a damn about anything but making money. That especially applies to amateur photographers like most of those on this list, because they can not afford the very expensive pro processing and even if they could they do not have the knowledge to supervise the lab in order to get the best possible image. Film is not dead, and will not be dead soon. But digital has economics in its favor and for many uses will become the format of choice. Especially for commercial use. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > One thing we must readily admit--the EOS 1Ds surpasses 35mm film.
