So the good old days weren't so good after all... On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > A few weeks ago I threw some Outdoor Photographer magazines that were > in the garage onto the backseat of the car, planning on taking them > with me on the plane. I thought they were all pretty recent. > > I had a quiet afternoon today, so I got them out and figured I'd peruse them. > > The first was from November 2012. > > I opened the second and saw an ad for a Nikon F100. Hmm, that's an odd > camera, I thought. Turned a few more pages and saw the subtitle > "Dominant Digital SLR". Underneath it was: "The future of practical > and affordable digital photography has arrived. The Nikon D1 is the > first ultra-high-quality film-less SLR (2.7 megapixels with a > "reasonable" price tag about half of its nearest competitor).... It > also signals where this ultra-competitive market will soon be. Price: > $5,850" > > Turn to front cover to look at the date of the magazine. November 1999. > > Also an ad for the Pentax ZX-5N. "A low-maintenance companion... > Aren't your pictures worth a PENTAX?" > > Some wonderful images and articles in that issue, including Galen > Rowell's column regarding the eyes response to light and the golden > hour. > > Many images in the issue looked modern, but I also could sense quite a > number lacked the clarity of today's shots. Often too saturated reds, > pinks, and yellows losing detail, with a lack of "sharpness" I'd not > stand for today. Whether that was do to with film, no digital > sharpening, or low resolution digital imaging I don't know. Even some > 4x5" prints taken with a Mamiya 7 and Mamiya 645 on Fuji NPH 400 left > much to be desired. > > Tom C. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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