Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com> wrote: >It will be a very long time before the amount of information, and quality >of that information, as recorded on a high resolution 35mm transparency, >can be beat by digital capture. And we still have MF and LF, which is 4, 8, >12, 16 times the information in a 35mm slide. Whoa... I agree entirely. I will buy and start using digital cameras when: o they have the same CCD coverage size as 35mm film and use 35mm format lenses without magnification factors (so a 35mm lens remains a 35mm wideangle & not a short telephoto) o feature at least 48-bit capture (to cope with highs and lows) with at least 4000 x 3000 pixels o Are the same size/weight/cost as a F90x o Store images on $10 cards, each which can hold 40 full-res uncompressed shots. These cards fit in your pocket can be swapped between cameras and work on mac/pc/unix machines. That is my 'must-have' list. Still a few years off alas. Until then, R6.2, C41 film (PJ100) and a Polaroid SprintScan 35. Alan Ball <AlanBall@csi.com> wrote: >why are some of us so defensive on the input side of things at >shooting stage Not so much defensive, but dismissive. The image quality isn't there for affordable cameras, and where the image quality *is* adequate, the cameras cost so much that they can never pay for themselves during their short, 5-year working lives (eg. the Kodak DCS560 which costs $AUS 50 0000). And don't talk to me about battery life (1 hour for the DCS560!) Another thing which troubles me is the lack of permanence for the capture medium. I can always rescan a film 10-20 years down the track, but will I be able to extract images from a PC card or CD-ROM in 15 years time?... >It is also largely good enough for web publication. No offense to Mr Ball, but why do people assume that the www is some crap, lowest-possible-common-denominator-will-do medium? Do people shoot on super-8 because it is 'only' for TV? Do people shoot stills onto miniDisc because it is 'only' for advertising? Garbage in/ garbage out. If you want a high quality site then you use high quality images. And digital capture just doesn't cut it in a cost-effective way. Not yet. ;^) Regards, Andrew Nemeth VR MEDIA SOUND PHOTO JAVA nemeng Warrimoo Australia www.nemeng.com