Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here's one inaccuracy in your text: "-- Film has a much higher dynamic range than digital - 15 stops on TMY, or a 32768:1 ratio. That means that you capture everything in the scene and can go back and adjust up or down at will later." Not true. Film - even black and white, does NOT contain all details in a scene. Even ideally processed, it will not be able to cover the dynamic range of many, many scenes, especially contrast daylight. Neither can digital. But that's my point. Neither of them can, and film is not better. I've not found this to be a limitation of high-end digital cameras for some time now. There are plenty of other questionable statements. Like 120 outlasting 35mm film. I don't believe that for a moment. There are already digital medium format backs that give film a run for the money. On Dec 4, 2003, at 10:48 PM, Dante Stella wrote: > Since someone brought up the subject of film's longevity as a medium... > > My thesis is that the longest-lived film format will be 120 b/w, not > 135. And probably by quite a margin. > > http://www.dantestella.com/technical/tyranny.html > > > ____________ > Dante Stella > http://www.dantestella.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com There are 2 theories to arguing with a woman... neither works. - Will Rogers. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html