Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan: Clearly you haven't used a Nikon Coolpix 950, which I have had for about 2 weeks. At up to a 6x8 print you'd have trouble telling it from the best of 35mm cameras. As a scan in the computer it rivals ANY image from a Leica scanned with the very best scanner. In many ways the images from the 950 have a better tonality that those made on film with Nikon lenses. I want to figure out how to get a group of 6 of those 2.1 megapixel CCDs into an array and into an M6 body. I'm convinced you could create a digital file that would be far better than the best medium format image and would rival 4x5 as well! Tom At 12:08 AM -0400 5/17/99, Dan S wrote: >Jeff, they have not made a portable digital camera yet that can actually >fool you into thinking it was a film camera. Color rendition and management >of highlights are still a big problem. The Fuji/Digilux got mixed reviews >when it came out. Lens quality just does not come into play yet on small >digital cameras. You could have the best lens in the world on it and the >color will still stink. > >If you really are interested in digital, still life shots with a big bucks >scanner are the way to go. My company is using a large format camera with a >scanner back for many promo shots and the quality is very high. > >The S1 from Leica is also quite exceptional. I have seen poster size shots >that are absolutely stunning. > >Of course this will all change in the next 5 years...Wouldn't a digital back >for an M6 be fun! > >Dan > > > >_______________________________________________________________ >Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com Thomas Kachadurian ========================== EMAIL: kach@freeway.net WEB PAGE: http://members@aol.com/kachaduria