William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Davis" > Subject: In the same Pop Photo Issue... > > >> There is, also, a Michael McNamara article in the March issue titled, >> "Digital Wins". >> To make his point that digital noise is a less grainy image than is >> that made with film of the same ISO rating, he displays two thumbnail >> images. He chose 1600 ISO to demonstrate. >> The film image is a scan of Fujicolor Superia and the digital image is >> that made with a K20D. >> His point is certainly confirmed when the comparison is made. (have a >> magnifying glass at hand) ;) > > As soon as the film is scanned, the comparison becomes irrelevant. Scanning > introduces a lot of > issues such as grain aliasing and other artifacts. When someone makes an > optical orint and > compares it to a digital print, then they are making a valid comparison. > Having said that, I owuld be very surprised if a 35mm film print of any speed > of film would look > as good as a print from a 14mp SLR shot at the same ISO. > > William Robb > > Define "good".
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