Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, remember Michael Reichmann's oft-misquoted summary that "the D30 (the original Canon 6 Megapixer) is as good as medium format film." Most people will choose digital pics, even from a low end P&S to film. Many studies have shown that. I don't think it's about what your customers prefer to see, but what you prefer to use. Simple as that. On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:55 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net<wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Now, my specified conditions: Comparing 11" x 14" lightjet prints made from > Provia 400 scanned at 4000 dpi with 11" x 14" lightjet prints made from ISO > 400 DMR files (same lens for all photos), the gallery owner I met with this > week did not conclude that the film-origin prints were sharper. ?He had no > idea what camera, lens or technology I used on any of the photos so he had > no vested interest in either technology. ?He singled out the DMR prints and > commented on the 'remarkable detail and color quality', and he asked what > camera I was using. ?The prints he chose for the gallery were all from the > DMR. ?YMMV. > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963