about a month ago, i spent a weekend scanning and cataloging about 10 rolls of Provia that i had marked up with selects and file copies. shooting with the same lenses, i get noticeably sharper images with my *istD than with Provia. the fine detail is still there in the film, but it's fine detail full of noise with too much film grain. i complained about it when i was using my Nikon Coolpix 5000 (which has the same sensor as the 5700) but it has enough sensor noise to make the images less noticeably different. the *istD is much less noisy. the only lens i own where the slide shots are consistently sharper than my *istD is my FA 50/2.8 macro, but only when i shoot Velvia.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 10:45 AM Subject: Re: Future Practicality of Film > And, of course, the 6 MP cameras work well enough for many folks since > many did not take full advantage of the resolution available in 35 mm. > My friend who just bought a Nikon 5700 is very pleased with her 5 MP > images. She did, however, borrow a CF card from me and was astonished > by the sharpness of one of my images still on the card. The difference > was mainly the FA20-35, however, not that extra MP.
