Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mea Culpa And who scans slides on a desktop? Not to one-up you old sport but I bought my first Pentax (Asahi) in Vietnam for 35 bucks, circa 1966. B. D. Colen wrote: >Hi, Wee Wally. I think you may be missing a wee point; I did NOT say that >he'd get better images with digital - although I think he would. And I did >NOT say he shouldn't shoot film - I'd never say that. What I said was that >scanning a slide on an Epson desk top scanner, and comparing your results to >what your eye sees in a slide, says absolutely nothing about whether digital >"capture," which I consider shooting an image with digital, using a >full-frame high end digital camera, does or doesn't compare favorably with >film. That's all. I still have - and have on my website - film images shot >with a pre-K1000 Pentax. ;-) > > >On 10/2/06 6:32 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > > > >>B.D. >> >>Sorry old pal but this is beginning to sound like hokee bokee to me. I >>can buy a 25 year old Pentax K1000 for $125. How much will it cost me to >>move into the "real world" with the Canon? My Pentax K1000 will be hard >>to beat, especially if I pay attention to image content. >> >>Wee Wally Winkle >> >>B. D. Colen wrote: >> >> >> >>>I'm sure you realize, Phil, that the fact that your scans of your slides >>>aren't up to the quality you see in your slides doesn't prove anything - >>>except that your 4490 scanner (hardly the be-all and end-all in scanning) >>>combined with your scanning skills can't produce scans that are the same >>>as >>>what your eyes see in the slides. Before you can say that the "50 year old >>>technology still trumps digital capture," perhaps you should compare >>>digital >>>capture to the 50-year-old technology - because, of course, there is >>>nothing >>>in your post about digital capture: >>>Put a full-frame digital SLR - say the Canon EOS1DS MkII on a tripod, next >>>to whatever film camera you're taking. Shoot the same scene, with the same >>>lens, and equivalent exposures - after you've calibrated for the camera's >>>sensor, make adjustments in Photoshop, because of course you'll be >>>shooting >>>RAW and the image will need sharpening and the same kind of contrast >>>adjustment the film gives the scene, and then begin to make comparisons. >>> >>>It's great that you're happy with the "50 year-old-technology;" but >>>please, >>>let's talk real comparisons if you're going to make comparisons. ;-) >>> >>> >>>On 10/2/06 2:47 PM, "Philip Forrest" <photo.forrest@earthlink.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Here are a few scans of some Velvia 100 I shot out in Bryn Mawr, PA >>>>earlier >>>>this spring with Jim Shulman. My Epson 4490 just doesn't have the >>>>dynamic >>>>range of the chromes themselves. I would have to do multiple scans >>>>weighted >>>>towards each color channel in order to get the incredible amount of >>>>saturation that the film shows. One more reason why 50 year old >>>>technology >>>>still trumps digital capture. Not that I don't like digital, I just >>>>don't >>>>love it like my Velvia. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_04E.jpg >>>> >>>>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_03E.jpg >>>> >>>>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_02E.jpg >>>> >>>>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/PForrest/BrynMawr_01E.jpg >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > >