Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was only remarking to Jeffery Smith not replying to you BD - he may have been replying to you, but your post was irrelevant to this exchange. Frank On Sunday, March 14, 2004, at 02:49 pm, B. D. Colen wrote: > IF I shot K64; IF I used a tripod for 35 mm; IF I did landscapes - I > would agree with you, and would either use film or would sell a child > and buy a Canon1Ds and lenses. > > But in terms of black and white, and in terms of the equiv of color neg > shooting, handheld, well...Also, I am obviously not into bench-test > comparisons, nor am I worrying about micro detail examined with a > loupe. > What I'm interested in is what the naked eye sees at normal viewing > distance in a print or on a computer screen. > > Also, keep in mind that when I posted the original and the upscaled > crop > yesterday, I had upscaled the crop to the point where apx 1/3 of the > original image was a file about 16% larger than the entire original > image. Which tells me that I could get a damn good 13x19 print out of > that 1/3 crop without straining at all..... > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Frank > Dernie > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 1:52 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Steve Gandy's update on the digital bessa > > > My experience is slightly different - I no longer buy B&W! I can get > that from a digi file at will. I do find that for ultimate quality (ie > tripod mounted optimum aperture stuff, not hand held wide open) I get > more detail from a 35mm transparency scan (Kodachrome 64 and provia F) > 200ASA print films I have tried are inferior to my DSLR. OTOH if I am > doing landscapes I use medium format... > Frank > > On Saturday, March 13, 2004, at 11:12 pm, Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> I told another forum earlier that I've pretty much decided never to >> buy color film again. Even the best color 35mm film cannot compete. >> >> Jeffery Smith >> New Orleans, LA - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html