Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Richard, The digital image appears to me to have more contrast, which gives an impression of more sharpness. I think they could be matched with small adjustments, aside from the differences in DOF. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 1:22 AM Subject: [Leica] Film vs. Digital, a meaningless comparison > Not really a comparison, but since I took the same scene with a digital > back (P25+) and TX-400, may as well show them. I did my usual processing > to > get them the way I like them. > > Oddly enough, at pixel peeping level, clearly I shook the camera with the > digital one :-( Just a coincidence, I imagine. > > Digital definitely wins in smoothness, especially in the sky. I thought I > used the same exposure, but the film one definitely looks more exposed (I > use the 2 bath Pyrocat and rated TX-400 at 400). A quick edit in Lightroom > equalizes things some. I cropped the 6x6 film image down to more or less > matching, so throwing some resolution away there. > > Digital: > www.richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121013-CF045781.jpg > > Film: > http://www.richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121016-Scanned-4-Edit.jpg > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >