William Curwen wrote:- >Pause for thought......how many of us 'high-end' digital practioners have >ever seen true fidelity colour in either capture and/or in reproduction?
Hi Wiliiam , This is what we do everyday . I admit there are still some limitations imposed by the 'colour scientists ' at the manufacturers who want to give us "pretty" colour , but we have workarounds for when this really is a problem ( rarely ) . But we still believe that we have the best tools for the jobs that come our way ( See below ) >I say this as a lot of what is said about high-end capture is wishful >>hearsay. Ouch ! >In fact, with a bit of lateral thinking about post-signal processing it is >possible for anyone on a low-to-no budget to achieve really excellent >fidelity of colour and tonality with lo-fi digital capture. I kid you not. I am still gobsmacked by the quality of your scans and prints using the skills that you have honed over the years . And yes it is possible ( especially for you ! ) to squeeze a whole load more detailout of a lo-fi camera with multiple exposures ,multiple exports , layering and blending etc etc But at the end of the day , if you start with a system that already has a massive dynamic range ,with extremely low noise with dedicated digital lenses and software that allows 'profiling' within the limited sense that cameras can be profiled ( maybe we should say calibrated ) , then your already on to a winner. In addition to the extra quality that is inherent with these systems, there are also huge savings to be made timewise. These savings can be used as a creative resource rather than a financial one , and this really does come into play on lots of our projects. Regards , and of course respect, Bob Marchant. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
