On Monday, March 25, 2002, at 05:50 PM, Bruce Rubenstein wrote: > I do know the the 2400 dpi files from my > HP s20 (~20meg @ 8bit) do not have all the detail that's in the film. > 11x14 > inkjets from the files, at closer than normal viewing distance, don't > appear to > be lacking any detail. With 400 print film the grain becomes noticable > first > (the DSLR files are much cleaner).
No argument here. That's one of the attractions of digital: that 'clean' look. However, that look is at the expense of fine detail. For most stuff, it's a non-issue, really. > Most of the pro comments pertain to images used in the print media. I > was > surprised by the wedding folks, since they do deliver prints. I suspect > that if > you start with a digital file, and don't have film to compare it to, it > looks > good and you don't notice anything that might be missing. Yep. The thing that twigged me that something wasn't quite right was the groom's tuxedo -- it was deep and rich, but with reasonable shadow detail...and an absolute lack of threads. Once you start looking for it, it becomes fairly obvious. But like I said, depending on what you do and what you like in a print, it doesn't necessarily matter. -Aaron - 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 .
