Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry Didier, I disagree. Film is still a long way ahead of digital in resolution and will continue to be in that position for the foreseeable future. And I am not saying 4x5 film vs APS sensor. I may want to pick the film out ( no TriX) to be sure I win the argument. Size for size of sensor, digital is still in second place. What makes digital look higher resolution is the printing algorithms. However, the best resolution possible is film scanned to digital to print. Best of all worlds. In terms of dynamic range, film has a given dynamic range. You can push and pull film to get this range to contract or expand it a bit. Digital has the unique ability to allow the user to change those setting on a frame by frame basis. Probably digital has more dynamic range considering these issues. NOTE: No disagreement with digital for convenience, cost over a lot of rolls of film, nor instant response. Probably none for the Pro shooting for a living. Digital excels in these areas. But not resolution. Not now, maybe not in the future. Frank Filippone, film user. red735i@earthlink.net Frank There's nothing to argue about what you say. Digital has passed film in terms of resolution and dynamic range since several years;