Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 16/1/01 4:47 pm, Austin Franklin at austin@darkroom.com wrote: >> which <AMAZEMENT> actually uses practical tests to tease out the answers > to >> some of these questions </AMAZEMENT>. > > It's a great discussion, but very limited, in my opinion, to the conclusions > that can be drawn. One of the issues I have with it is the 35mm equipment > used for these tests: > > "The 35mm images here (both original field image and the image of the > 30x39-inch print) were done on a Canon Elan with a Canon 28-105mm lens at > f/11 on Fujichrome Velvia film using the camera's autofocus. " Very fair point. However it certainly establishes a lower limit for the 35mm stuff. A lot of the results were new to me, anyway, especially the sharpness/color rendition comparisons of film/digital and also the pseudo-detail artefacts in the digital pix (you can get this by over-sharpening a scan, of course). - -- Johnny Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com