On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Of course digital images can be transfered to positive transparency > film -- slide film if you will. But why not shoot film if you want > film? "Real" slides will be cheaper and of higher resolution. > Can't imagine why anyone would want to work backwards from digital > to a slide.
I've considered it (but I have a friend who can lend me his slide printer). Shoot digital on vacation for easier editting, printing, and webpage building . Generate slides for showing at home because TV resolution (even HDTV) is too low for satisfactory viewing results. The other option is to shoot slides and convert to digital for printing and web work. The downsides to going in that direction are lack of instant preview while travelling, higher per image cost, dealing with dust while scanning, and the reduced dynamic range that you get in most scanners (especially consumer level ones) compared to most digital cameras. I haven't tried the slide printer to see how good the results are. alex
