[Leica] Film

[feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli)]

I shoot digital at work (mostly Nikon, but my old place had a 1Ds) and 
you're
right, the auto white balance is a huge deal. The consistency of the 
digital shots
is very impressive, which is one reason why I stopped shooting color 
film for many
things. The color accuracy is also very impressive.

But on the dynamic range front I think negative film still wins hands 
down. Digital is more
like slide film, with an extra stop or so of wiggle room. Negative film 
on the other hand handles 8-10 stops. I saw a few test frames shot with 
the new Fujifilm S3. Initially it appears that you get about 2 stops 
more exposure range, than your average CMOS/CCD sensor. I'm curious to 
see how that turns out, as more units get out there.

feli


On Jan 20, 2005, at 12:11 AM, Gerry Walden wrote:

> Whilst I have no doubt about the quality that you are getting from
> professional film, digital can yield equally stunning results. I 
> changed
> from film to digital last year for all my work, including a relatively
> large number of weddings, and if you shoot RAW and then use a good RAW
> program using colour and exposure correction etc. the results are
> staggeringly good. I now get far more control over my images than I 
> ever
> did with film, and 'white on white' control (such as wedding dress 
> etc.)
> is far superior, IMHO, than film.
>
> There, that should have set a few tongues lashing  :>) !
>
> Gerry
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