Ciao, If you were to enlarge the digital to the same size as the film, what would the comparison look like? This would, of course, be useful in evaluating equivalent enlargements. That is my primary interest.
Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On the web, the *istD image appears to be far > superior. There is considerably more detail, and it > looks sharper. > Paul > > > > William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: P67 vs D1s -- photo.net > > > He should have chosen the EF50/1.7 and the SMCP > 105/2.4 for > > his test. > > > And he should have gotten a high end optical > print made from > > the > > > film, rather than a scan. > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > About this topic, I performed a film vs. digital > test while in > > Prague. > > I shot the same scene with both the LX and the > *istD, using the > > M 20/4, set at infinity, planning to do a optical > print from the > > slide film (a Fuji Provia 100F) and a digital > (still from a wet > > process, though) print from the *istD file. I made > a 30x45cm > > (12x18'') print from the slide and a 20x30cm > (8x12'') from the > > *istD file, to have the same magnification and > thus comparable > > details on the two final prints. > > Last step was a couple of 600dpi scans of the > buildings (note > > that the details are quite small compared to the > actual print). > > The pictures shown are 100% crops of those > details: > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder.tcl?folder_id=137823 > > > > I tried to reduce the differences in the colours > of the two (the > > original *istD file - and print - was a bit more > yellowish), to > > better show the differences in grain and > resolution. The *istD > > file had also been modified with a slight > sharpening and > > darkened (still in order to match more the slide) > before > > printing. > > From what I can see, the *istD image shows a > little more fine > > details, although there is a certain loss in the > saturation of > > some colours (the slide was quite dark compared to > the digital > > picture, so it may have preserved better the > colours in the > > highlights of the scene). > > The print from the slide costed me 18 Euros (what > is that now, > > US$ 23, right?) and the (smaller) print from the > file 2 Euros. A > > 30x45cm print from the file (that I made anyway, > with good > > results) was 5 Euros (US$ 6.50). > > What do you think? > > > > Ciao, > > > > Gianfranco > > > > > > > > ===== > > _ > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail > SpamGuard. > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
