Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. -- He was comparing digital capture, just not the kind of digital capture you're talking about. R. ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Bryn Mawr, PA > I'm sure you realize, Phil, that the fact that your scans of your slides > aren't up to the quality you see in your slides doesn't prove anything - > except that your 4490 scanner (hardly the be-all and end-all in scanning) > combined with your scanning skills can't produce scans that are the same > as > what your eyes see in the slides. Before you can say that the "50 year old > technology still trumps digital capture," perhaps you should compare > digital > capture to the 50-year-old technology - because, of course, there is > nothing > in your post about digital capture: > Put a full-frame digital SLR - say the Canon EOS1DS MkII on a tripod, next > to whatever film camera you're taking. Shoot the same scene, with the same > lens, and equivalent exposures - after you've calibrated for the camera's > sensor, make adjustments in Photoshop, because of course you'll be > shooting > RAW and the image will need sharpening and the same kind of contrast > adjustment the film gives the scene, and then begin to make comparisons. > > It's great that you're happy with the "50 year-old-technology;" but > please, > let's talk real comparisons if you're going to make comparisons. ;-) > > > On 10/2/06 2:47 PM, "Philip Forrest" <photo.forrest@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> Here are a few scans of some Velvia 100 I shot out in Bryn Mawr, PA >> earlier >> this spring with Jim Shulman. My Epson 4490 just doesn't have the >> dynamic >> range of the chromes themselves. I would have to do multiple scans >> weighted >> towards each color channel in order to get the incredible amount of >> saturation that the film shows. One more reason why 50 year old >> technology >> still trumps digital capture. Not that I don't like digital, I just >> don't >> love it like my Velvia. >> >> >> >> http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_04E.jpg >> >> http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_03E.jpg >> >> http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_02E.jpg >> >> http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_01E.jpg >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >