This same friend now has an Epson RX500 print/scanner/etc. She took one of her files, sharpened and adjusted, and printed an 8.5 x 11 inch. I must admit that it's really good, easily good enough to matte and hang on the wall. She is thrilled with the result. In her case, she's bright enough to figure out how to do the basic PS adjustments (she's actually using the included Nikon software, which is more basic than PS elements). With the 5700, the software and her printer she suddenly has these amazing photographic capabilities. There's no real film equivalent of this system for color.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/18/04 07:19PM >>> 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.
