Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/11

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Subject: [Leica] Comparing film and digital resolution
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 00:57:15 -0400

Aren't we comparing a  digital scanner against a digital camera?
I don't think its a real film to digital comparison without a high end drum
scan or at least a scan from one of those Hasselblad Flextight X1 Scanners
which cost the same as a used Chevy Nova.


On 4/12/14 12:45 AM, "Howard Ritter" <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:

> Oh, I absolutely agree. The film images in my repertoire that please me the
> most don?t depend on resolution to do so (sometimes not even focus ;-).
> For example, the images of the skateboarders in London (link just now 
> posted)
> would not be improved in the least by tack-sharp resolution, any more than 
> by
> a shutter speed that would have frozen the boarder in mid-air.
> 
> Marginal detail does way less to degrade an image well seen and captured 
> than
> the best detail can possibly improve a mediocre one.
> 
> As a geek, as well as realizing that many applications do benefit from 
> however
> great a degree of resolution can be achieved, I just wanted to look at how 
> our
> technologies stacked up, both within themselves and compared to each other.
> 
> 
> On Apr 12, 2014, at 12:26 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Shoot film for certain qualities lacking in digital, whatever they may be,
>> but chasing tangible qualities such as resolution is probably a loss 
>> cause.
>> 
> 
> 
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