----- Original Message ----- From: "tom" Subject: RE: Pentax *ist D vs. Fujifilm S2 Pro: final update
> Ok, lets say someone comes in and dumps their G5 onto your hard drive. > He shot large jpgs, lowest compression. > > Are his prints going to look much different than if he had shot 35mm? My experience so far is yes, with a caveate. The digital original will look sharper, smoother, and have more tonal range than the film based image, if both are printed on our digital printer. If the digital file is printed on the digital machine, and the film is printed on the optical machine, then they will still look different, but in this situation, one is not necessarily "better" than the other. The digital and film will have about the same level of "grain", presuming 4x6 prints and slower than 400 speed negative film. The digital print will probably be a bit sharper looking, but the film original will likely have better tonal range. This does presume certian things, such as equivalent quality lenses used for both cameras. Right now, scanning is what is killing film images. Scanned film doesn't look as good as a digital original, plain and simple. William Robb
