Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sure, that's a fine decision. But your test film shot, IMHO, was 100% operator error. I'll speculate that your technique was equally sloppy with the Sony, but the enhanced DOF made it come out looking sharp - but maybe not. Doesn't really matter. Taking a brutally sharp picture of a railing or whatever it was isn't hard to do - with any camera. We're talking point, focus, shoot here - nothing fancy. Scanning a sharp neg on a home film scanner so that the resulting scan looks sharp - we're talking Web JPEG's in your test, after all - is equally easy to accomplish. All the other advice I've read on this thread - using a tripod, mirror lock, stopping way down, using a drum scanner - are all cool, but overkill for the simple test result you displayed. Again, a fine decision. But those two *particular* photo's I saw were the basis for no *rational* decision, *should* one be concerned at all with making such a "film vs. digital" decision. (I, for one, am not). Enjoy shooting digital. Just my 2 cents. Scott Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > George, > In that case the Leica set up is hardly worth it - my take is that the > ease/quality of digital today means that there is no reason, if you so > wish, to shoot colour film in the 35mm equivalent format. Black and > white may be a reason to stick with film, as would medium/large > format, panoramics (6x12,6x17), and other such niche exotica. I, > personally, have made up my mind that I will probably never buy a 35mm > film camera again. > Cheers > Jayanand Govindaraj > Chennai, India > > > Lottermoser George wrote: > >> For starters - If you shot Kodachrome 25 with the 100/apo elmarit - >> the only way to compare the two original images digitally would be >> if you had the chrome drum scanned by a professional with his/her >> equipment fully tuned up. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george@imagist.com >> >> >> >> On Sep 1, 2006, at 3:04 PM, Aram Langhans wrote: >> >>> So, did I waste $400 that I should have spent on a good digital >>> SLR, perhaps even a DMR? Are we all wasting our time with film? >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)