Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Johnny Deadman writes: > Even now, a well printed 14x11 image from a > Canon D30 will fool you into thinking it is > ISO 100 film. You have to get real close to > see that it isn't. And the colors... well the > colors are amazing. One of my nicest Super A3 prints is from a CoolPix 950, which only has a bit over 2 million pixels. But it looks so smooth and perfect on paper that it is actually more pleasing than many film shots. It is very difficult to get from film exposure to pretty print, because there are so many variables along the way. With digital, it's very direct. The problem, though, is that I still don't have the resolution, and I hate to give that up. And, more importantly, I don't have even a pale shadow of the ergonomy with digital that I have with film; a plastic digicam (or even a magnesium digicam, like the excellent CoolPix) simply cannot be compared to a Leica M body or even a high-end film SLR. And the only bodies that _might_ be able to compare cost $8000, which is just too much to pay for the image quality obtained. So film still comes out ahead, for now. And I still need a full-frame CCD before I consider switching.