Have you ever done any contact printing? All you have to do is match the correct paper contrast and density of a decent negative and you can get fantastic results without the need for any curves adjustment, the density and contrast adjustments ARE your levels adjustments. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 5:35 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Film vs. Digital - not a religion Evan Hanson wrote: >My experience is more in line with what WR said. A great optical >print beats even a drum scan. I have found just the opposite to be true: I've rarely seen an optical print that can compare to a well-done scan and print. Oh, certainly the *resolution* and fine detail will be better on the optical print (at least at large sizes). But that is, IMO, a very superficial way of evaluating print quality. The control you get from levels and curves adjustment is just an overwhelming advantage for digital output. In fact, my dissatisfaction with optical printing is what got me started into digital image technology long before digital cameras of reasonable quality were available for less than five-figure prices. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
