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Regards --- Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bruce, > I know Frans Lanting did a project of American > landscapes with a > peculiar digital camera, but apart from him I don't > know of any > landscapers working with digital MedF. I've been > lookinga round a > little to find some. > > Do you have any links? > > Jostein > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Chris Brogden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:50 PM > Subject: Re: 20x30" from 6MP? > > > > Chris, > > > > A nice synopsis. I was shooting two 67ii's before > moving to > digital. > > I know what medium format looks like and 35mm > film. I concur that > for > > very fine detail, that film holds an edge. > > > > What many fail to realize is that for the buying > public (largely > > weddings/portraits) they are not looking for fine > detail. They > don't > > want to see skin imperfections and don't really > want to view 20X30's > > from a few inches away. The lack of grain and > color vibrancy of the > > digital images gives them a wonderful look even > when blown up to > large > > sizes. > > > > If I was shooting landscapes for a living, I would > either be using a > > medium format digital back or medium format/large > format film. > Since > > the money that I make from photography (part-time > work only) is > purely > > from people shots, 6mp dslr is serving me very > well. My clients are > > just as happy with the product as they were when I > was shooting 67. > > > > Thanks for such a clear description of what is > going on. > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Bruce > > > > > > Thursday, November 18, 2004, 8:30:00 AM, you > wrote: > > > > CB> I don't own a DSLR, but I own 35mm and MedF > bodies, and I work > at a > > CB> camera store/lab, so I've seen countless > enlargements from all > > CB> formats, including DSLRs. I've noticed that > film, even 35mm, > seems > > CB> better able to capture really fine details. > If I want a print I > can > > CB> examine extremely closely, I'm going with > film, even if it's > only > > CB> 35mm. > > > > CB> However, for some reason, possibly the > complete lack of grain, > DSLR > > CB> prints enlarge much nicer than 35mm and, if > you go large enough, > even > > CB> better than MedF. Sure the prints begin to > fall apart if you > walk > > CB> right up to them, but at a reasonable viewing > distance, DSLR > prints > > CB> look amazing. I'm so used to seeing grain on > enlargements > bigger than > > CB> 20x30 that it's mindblowing to see its > absence. > > > > CB> MedF, which is all I shoot now, is a good > compromise right now > between > > CB> the complete lack of grain of digital and the > smaller negative > size of > > CB> 35mm. It looks pretty good when enlarged to > poster size (the > grain > > CB> isn't usually too objectionable), and it holds > fine detail > > CB> exceptionally well. Of course MedF kits are > not as cheap, > portable or > > CB> feature-laden as 35mm or DSLR bodies, so > there's definitely a > > CB> downside, but it works for me right now. > > > > CB> Chris > > > > CB> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 20:19:38 -0800, Bruce > Dayton > > CB> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Bill, > > >> > > >> From his previous posts, I get the feeling that > he is a strong > film > > >> advocate who is trying to prove that digital > (DSLR -35mm) isn't > good > > >> enough yet. Seems that I remember that he > doesn't have a DSLR > yet and > > >> is going through the math calisthenics like > many others. > > >> > > >> I can say, that I am having better luck blowing > up *istD shots of > > >> portraits, families and weddings than I ever > had shooting 35mm > with > > >> equivalent best glass from Pentax. My clients > are plenty happy > with > > >> the last eleven 20X30's that I have delivered. > > >> > > >> Bruce > > > > > > > > > > ===== Albano Garcia Photography & Graphic Design http://www.albanogarcia.com.ar http://www.flaneur.com.ar __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com
