Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why are we fighting the digital vs. film war again? :-) This is the Death Age of film! This iiiiiis the Golden Age of Film!? Digital and film are different. Digital LOOKS sharper, there is no amount of theoretical MTF or whatever can dispute that. Most people will pick an enlargement from even a 3/6 MP digital and say it looks sharper than a Velvia drum scan. Studies have proven that. OTOH, film looks different and if you like the look, what other time in history can you pick up all these CHEAP gears and have a ball shooting for pennies a negative? 6x7 neg is $.50 each. I develop my own so it only costs pennies. I already have the scanner so no additional cost there. Heck, one can probably pick up a 6x7 enlarger for couple hundred bucks (hmmm... I think the one I have in my garage is a 6x7 capable enlarger...) and the Mamiya 7II is LIGHTER than my E-3, let alone the D3X etc. monster. I carried 3 lens and a camera and didn't even feel it while hiking!! Use whatever gear you like and go out and shoot.... -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.rfman.com // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com