Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/04

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Subject: [Leica] digital analog comparison
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Tue Nov 4 05:20:30 2008
References: <871044.95039.qm@web84202.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

As a projected image film is still best. This is because there are no  
good digital projectors yet (IMHO) if you wish to view your pictures  
projected I would agree that film is still preferable to digital.
For every other way of viewing it is not.
Frank

On 4 Nov, 2008, at 02:30, Jan Decher wrote:

> Doug, Geoff, etc.
> I think comparing DMR/M8 pictures to scanned K25 film is not a fair  
> comparison.  I think what you have to compare is a well exposed K25  
> slide projected with a top of the line Pradovit Projector next to a  
> projected digital image with an EQUALLY PRICED digital projector.   
> Maybe the several-grand (10 digit??) new Leica digital Projector can  
> impress next to the K25 slide but at some point (to me at least)  
> price performance becomes an issue too.
>
> Just the other day I looked at slides taken with my (now  
> unfortunately sold) Contax 645 and 120 Makro Planar on Fuji Provia  
> with my Rollei P11 dual format projector.  No projected digital  
> image I have seen to date can beat that brilliance!  Ther is a  
> reason multimedia slide projection enthusiasts are still going  
> strong in Germany.
> Jan
>
>
> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 09:18:17 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> From: wildlightphoto@earthlink.net
> Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
>> Digital sensors are miles behind film in what aspects?
>> I respectfully disagree regarding the M8. In my experience,
>> images from my M8 are superior to anything I ever scanned from
>> my film M's. That is to say in resolution, scalability, control,
>> flexibility, convenience, productivity.
>> Sorry but there it is.
>> I suspect that users of the R8/DMR have some views on
>> this also.
> My
> experience with the DMR is much like Geoff's with the M8.  I compared
> my last roll of K25 with the DMR at ISO400 and even neglecting the 4
> stops faster shutter speeds the DMR whomped K25: better image detail,
> color quality, dynamic range.  Plus the other stuff Geoff mentioned.
> As it turned out I was glad I had no more K25.  The biggest drawback  
> of
> the DMR is that I can't put it on the SL.
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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