[Leica] Comparing portraits with Noctilux Monochrom and film

Alan Magayne-Roshak amr3 at uwmalumni.com
Tue Feb 25 19:33:50 PST 2020


On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at bex.net>wrote:

>Lluis, I have just the opposite reaction. i think the MM image is superior
in just about every way. To me, the film image looks like a flat image that
>has been recorded on a flat surface, like I?m looking at a piece of film,
while the MM image has smoothness, richness of dynamic range, >ontrast, and
depth, like I?m looking through it into reality.

>Of course, this impression has nothing to do with the fact that I love my
own MM?

>?howard
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Lluis, I agree with Howard.  There's something about the digital image that
I like better.
-- 
Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
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