Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/02

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Subject: [Leica] R10 news
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Sun Nov 2 09:50:42 2008
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Practically speaking., digital surpasses film.  In the average amateur 
world, FAR exceeds.

However, the algorithms have dramatically improved to take the really raw 
data from the digital sensor and apply it to a file. 
The only way to get that to happen in the film world is to scan the negs and 
then apply the same algorithms to the output of eh scanner.....The scanner 
is the weak link, and  another layer of obfuscation to apply and fiddle 
with..... and lose on.

The great printers of the present and past, when on their mark, and printing 
optical images from negatives, will still show film as superior to an all 
digital system.  How many of them are still around, working, and what are 
their costs?  Rare commodities......

Back to what I said..... Practically speaking, digital is superior..... 

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net


I don't think I have seen a single fact which supports any of the statements 
you made here, though you are not the only one who has stated them.


A few lenses can reach the limit of current digital sensors, most can not, 
so any theoretical benefit film may show (only slow B&W in fact) is entirely 
theoretical and rarely realised in practical photography.






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