Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks very much: your comments give me more confidence that I will be very happy doing colour work with film and scanned negs into the near to medium future. I think I will give up medium format colour work, do more b/w with the Hasselblad and Rolleiflex's and keep the M's' for PJ style b/w work: and for the FOM2 ;-) Cheers Feli di Giorgio writes: > > On Nov 21, 2004, at 6:50 PM, firkin wrote: >> The immediate question is what do you do that requires 10 to 12. I mean >> this seriously, not as a jibe or insult. > > I would like a few extra pixels in case I have to crop. There's not much > room for error with a 6MP camera. > >> My mind tell me that 10 to 12 seems about right, because I suspect >> (never tried and therefore don't know) that you could print 16 x 20 at >> about this level with 35mm happiness. Barry Thornton claimed that only >> really "lucky" good 35mm negs could produce "perfect" images larger than >> about 10 x 14 (I think) I remember thinking "I've got larger ones" but >> then thinking but they are not all "perfect", so he may be right. > > I agree. I tried to enlarge 35 negs to 16x20. It can be done, but I think > it depends on the subject matter and the > technical quality of the the neg. For anything above a 11x14 I grab the > Rolleiflex. ;-) > >> Like many, I suspect I've been too worried about making big enlargements, >> when smaller well crafted images would be "better" and store much more >> easily !!!!! > > Some shots simply look better small... > > >> This brings me back to my nagging question; will todays good film >> scanners "match" a 10 mega pixel dedicated digital camera when you view >> moderately large images side by side? > > I used a 1ds (11MP) back at my old job and compared some shots with scans > I made with my Nikon SC 5000 ED (4000dpi) against it. Modern Leica glass > with fine grain film is right up there or better. But it gets tougher to > match as the asa goes up. > I have a gut feeling the new 16MP 1ds II would be a lot tougher to compete > against. On the other hand film negative has way more exposure range, > digital is like shooting slide film. Besides compared to a Leica, the 1Ds > feels like a Speed Graphics, Ever tried sticking one of those in your > pants pocket? ;-) > > But I don't shoot 35 film, because of ultimate resolution. It has enough > for what I do. If I was a res nut > I would be running around with Hobo 8x10. ;-) > > feli > > _______________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > > Feli > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Alastair Firkin @ work ;-) http://www.afirkin.com http://www.familyofman2.com