On 14 Jun 2005 at 6:56, Boris Liberman wrote: > Rob, I realize you don't shoot film for quite some time... I wonder how > it might have looked like if shot on film... I think it would be a great > real-life test case for comparing the way digital and film treat extreme > highlights... > > I would like to see the boat 1/3 or even 2/3 stops less exposed...
Hi Boris, Thanks for the comments, however I must indicate that I do still shoot film, in fact I had five 120 rolls processed just last Friday :-) "how it might have looked like if shot on film?" A loaded (but very good) question perhaps, or maybe the product of a new digital obsession? Really it depends on the type of film I guess. If I shot the same scene using Provia 100F my guess is that it would have been write-off but maybe if I shot it with a classic wide latitude B&W film I would have been able to capture a somewhat more detail in the areas of specular highlights but of course I would have sacrificed the colour. What I do know is that the scene pushed my *ist D to it's extremes WRT capture latitude. If I had reduced the exposure by 1/3 or 2/3 of a stop the shadow areas and the colour under the boats hull would have started to become quite muddy and the sky would have become unrealistically darker. On top of that the reflections were the product of a full midday sun on metal and water so I'm sure that the *ist D still wouldn't have managed to capture any significant detail in the highlight areas. The interesting thing is that I had the opportunity to reduce the intensity of the highlights however I actually wanted them in the shot, I feel that they provide a little dynamic to what would otherwise be a pretty static shot. My question back to you is; do you think that we ever that concerned about burnt specular reflections in film based images? And just to be specific I'm not talking about generally avoidable nasties like flash problems in portraits but metal or bright white objects reflecting full sun. Maybe a question for a new post and image? Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
