Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/20

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Subject: [Leica] Film
From: gwpics at lycos.co.uk (Gerry Walden)
Date: Thu Jan 20 00:07:37 2005

Whilst I have no doubt about the quality that you are getting from
professional film, digital can yield equally stunning results. I changed
from film to digital last year for all my work, including a relatively
large number of weddings, and if you shoot RAW and then use a good RAW
program using colour and exposure correction etc. the results are
staggeringly good. I now get far more control over my images than I ever
did with film, and 'white on white' control (such as wedding dress etc.)
is far superior, IMHO, than film.

There, that should have set a few tongues lashing  :>) !

Gerry 

Gerry Walden LRPS
www.gwpics.com <http://www.gwpics.com> 
Tel: +44 (0)23 8046 3076


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[mailto:lug-bounces+gwpics=lycos.co.uk@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Feli
Sent: 20 January 2005 07:39
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Cc: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] Film


Just shot my friends wedding, as the official shooter. Several other 
guests shot digital D60, D10, Nikon D100. (it's the movie biz so 
everyone is a photographer...)

I shot Fuji 160NPS and Kodak 400 Porta NC, which I have been scanning 
on my Nikon SCS 5000ED.

I had totally forgotten just how good, professional color print stock 
looks. I hate to say it, but the neg scans look so much more lush than 
the digital stuff. The white gowns in particular (it was a bright sunny 
day here in Los Angeles). The film shots just have so much more dynamic 
range, it's not even funny. The Nikon scanner is putting out 3670x5625 
scans, which are blazing sharp (current 2/50 Cron R and M). The big 
advantage that the digital shots have is the auto white balance and the 
Nikon D100 was better at it than the Canons.  The Canon did really 
badly with tungsten lighting, very warm. The digital advantage really 
becomes obvious in mixed light...

Secondly, thank Solms for the M7 and AE. Absolutely amazing. It's hard 
to believe that the whole metering system consists of a blotch of white 
paint and a meter cell.

Feli



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