I respect your depth of knowledge in regard to optical printing, but I have to say I've never seen an optical print that resolved as much detail as a superb scan. Of course most scans are not superb, and most optical prints are not perfectly executed. This, of course, makes the comparison difficult. Paul On Jan 21, 2007, at 2:09 PM, William Robb wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: Film vs. Digital - not a religion > > >> To me this question is not a religion - just at matter of choosing >> the >> right >> gear for the job. >> Well, I know Luminous Landscape says a Canon 1Ds does better than >> a scan >> from a Pentax 6x7. >> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/shootout.shtml >> >> But paper is patient. So are HTML-files. >> But what can we do, really? >> >> Have any of you guys done group-portraits with a digital camera - >> APS or >> Full Frame? >> If you have such group portraits, showing 20-30 people, I'd love >> to see >> one >> face croped out of it. >> A crop showing 5-10% of the total frame area. >> Just to see if you can do this better than me. >> >> So, for staters I made a small comparison here: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157594491741789/ > > The luminous landscape article does something thing I disagree > with, which > is to compare scanned film to a digital capture. > As soon as that is done, you are no longer comparing digital to film. > I don't care what sort of scanner it is, you are now making a > comparison of > a first generation image to a third generation image. > The sad fact of life is that if you want to pull the best you can > from film, > you need to print it optically. > For the application you are discussing, I would still use MF film > and scan > (Ya I know, but try to get an optical print done these days), > rather than a > small format digital. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
