Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >But at what cost? My point was that if you're going to want "hard copies (film)" of your best image what point is there to use digital in the first place? <
lots. do you make straight prints from film without adjusting color or anything else? if you have done your color setup right, you make far fewer prints from a single original to get the print you want. then there is a simple matter of retouching the results. dust creeps in every time you take the slide or negative out to print. scan and fix once. there is a reason that a lot of photographers shoot film only to scan and stay digital from there. the difference between 12MP of the new Kodak camera and the 24-30MP of my Nikon slide scanner is not nearly as large as you think. skipping the processing and scanning step would be my preference. Galen Rowell shot 35mm exclusively and his company sells display prints that are up to 50 inches in the shortest dimension. they have no grain unless he wanted it because he processes it out during digital production. Herb....
