On 8 Jun 2002 at 18:03, Mishka wrote: Hi Mishka et.al,
> no matter, scanned film or digital, you cannot eliminate the printer > from the chain. and, yes, digital ice really works <g> Even if dust is eliminated from the equation (which is apparently difficult with a digital interchangeable lens SLR) there are new problems to consider such as "hot pixels" in the sensor array, I know all about that :-( > <rant> > unfortunately, *for me* , digital cannot replace 35mm -- there's no way > i can have equivalent of 10 rolls of film sit in my backpack (that's > what, at 6 MPixels, ~7GB uncompressed?). and before anyone tells me > that with digital i could decide what to keep nad what not right at the > spot, i should point out that > (1) i don't usually have a 21 inch monitor in my pocket. > (2) in general, shooting and editing at the same time is wrong, as > wrong as deciding what kind of frame you want for your picture, right > at the spot. > </rant> Storage space is now far less of an issue than it was, memory card capacity is growing and there is absolutely no need to store files in other than minimum compression jpeg format. Check serious web tests or check it yourself and you'll find that there is absolutely minimal difference in end image quality between RAW JPEG and TIFF formats. Remember in all cases (until [if] Foveon hits the market) any digital cameras output is is a highly processed interpolation of a r-g-r-b sensor matrix. My Oly is 4Mpix, the files are ~11MB in photoshop but are stored as minimum compression jpeg in camera at about ~2.3MB, with my 650MB of RAM I can store ~235 full resolution shots. There are also now 20GB digital wallets that allow files to be down-loaded from RAM cards in the field. > but, whatever works for you. don't let me stop you from switching to > canon -- just make sure you announce selling your pentax gear on the > list first <vbg> Lets hope he wont have to, I hate to see that A*85f1.4 out of Cottys reach. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - 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 .
