Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/08

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Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: The endless nonsense about film vs. digital (long rant)
From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 16:55:37 -0500

Hello Austin,

Thanks for the correction.
What do you use to scan your Hasselblad negatives ?
I've been thinking going the scanning route for 
medium format  (but I dread scanning).

- - Phong

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Austin
> Franklin
> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 2:24 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: The endless nonsense about film vs. digital
> (long rant)
> 
> 
> Hi Phong,
> 
> > 1. The article is quite old (from 1998 ?) and the information
> > on the state of the art and prices is outdated.  Nonetheless,
> > I agree with the order film, scanned film, digital.
> 
> From my experience, this isn't even right.  I get sharper, more detailed,
> prints from scanning film and printing on my inkjet printer with Piezo inks,
> than I got from chemical prints...and yes, I used very high end glass
> (Schneider) and printed from Hasselblad negatives.  At least this is true
> for me for B&W.  I don't really do any color.
> 
> Austin
> 
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