[Leica] Kodak just killed all E6

[photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest)]

Personally, I can't believe that any digital capture format-for-format
can match the color gamut and subtlety that film can deliver. Nobody
has made an "Astia" sensor yet. I think that kind of reproduction is
still a few years off. 

Phil Forrest



On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 06:59:22 +0000
John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:

> I am not slighting them, just questioning that PhotoShop can replace
> them in 1.4 seconds....
> 
> john
> ________________________________________
> 
> 
> I use all three formats, in B&W, and plan to continue using them for
> a long time.
> 
> Color is another matter.
> 
> 
> On Mar 1, 2012, at 11:07 PM, John McMaster wrote:
> 
> > Sheet, medium format and 35mm - when will they be used again?
> >
> > I got rid of my valuable film stuff a decade ago :-( I thought I
> > may use it again, but film costs (in NZ) and improvements in
> > tonality (MF) but not detail has put me off.
> >
> > John
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > I don't have a large menagerie of film cameras.
> > I have maybe half a dozen..
> >
> > --
> > Mark R.
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/
> >
> >
> >>
> >> So why do you keep your large menagerie of film cameras?
> >>
> >> john
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>
> >> I can with a flick of my wrist in Photoshop make any image I want
> >> have as rich a color palette as I'd ever dream of. It would take
> >> about 1.4
> > seconds.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mark R.
> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I shot 40 rolls of it in 120 size on my trip to New Mexico last
> >>> summer. I have a 5DmkII now, and I love what I'm getting from it,
> >>> but E-6 still has a different, richer color palette in my
> >>> opinion. Sad.
> >>>
> 
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