Boy, I gotta go with William on this. For quite a while I had been trying to procure and use the best optical quality lenses I could (for Pentax) and use the finest grained films that I could to try and improve the sharpness, clarity and tonal range of my pictures. I should have moved up to a larger format a few years ago. I can say that since I have finally taken the plunge, this is really fun! Almost feels like the early days with my first MX. And one look at the negative/slide and wow! What a difference.
It is funny that as I look at the pictures stuck on the refrigerator from friends and relatives, now I can even see the difference at 4X6 and smaller. There is a bunch of stuff from P&S, 35mm and MF. It really shows. Bruce Dayton Thursday, February 14, 2002, 2:35:00 PM, you wrote: WR> ----- Original Message ----- WR> From: "Juan J. Buhler" WR> Subject: Re: Am I Really a Dinosaur? >> Shel, I think we are on the same side of this. All I'm saying WR> is that >> as long as digital is not better than film, I'll use film (and WR> I'm >> sure Tri-X will be available at least until then). Afterwards, WR> my >> pictures can only improve. WR> Or, you could move upscale, and go to a larger negative. WR> I really think the whole "I'll go digital when it is better than WR> projecting through a postage stamp" concept is really silly, WR> considering 35mm is such a underwhelming format. WR> Its not like as if there is nothing better out there already, if WR> you are waiting for digital to be better than what you are using WR> now. WR> William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
