Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not really comparing quality of film and digital capture. I've reached the point where I believe they're incomparable. As they have completely different aesthetic and technical qualities. An 8x10, 5x7 or 4x5 transparency drum scanned to maximum resolution is in a class by itself. Putting them on a flat bed scanner is a whole other matter with its own set of problems - not the least of which is keeping them flat and truly focused. For me: As said earlier - I'm fully into the digital capture work flow. When and if I return to film - I'll be making silver prints in the darkroom. Scanning to get to digital no longer makes sense to me. It feels, to me, about the same as mixing Leica lenses with Canon or other bodies; doable, maybe even occasionally fun - but in the end - a long way around. If you haven't already done so you owe it to yourself to download some of the .tif and hi rez .jpg files, available on line, from these large sensors. They're quite impressive to say the least. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Aug 13, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: > I shoot 4x5, still. ( Still film. Still an amateur as well.....) > > I realize the Schneiders and Rodenstocks are all for view cameras, > but now > the bar is significantly raised, again. You are comparing the > quality of 20 > square inches of film plus scanner to a digi-sensor. > > Not as easy a comparison as 35mm or 645 systems.... there is a LOT of > information in 20 square inches of film......5 times the data as a 2x2 > negative....... and maybe double that for a MF Digi-sensor..... > > Just not as easy...... or straightforward..... scanner or not. > > Frank Filippone > red735i at earthlink.net > > > However, when we discuss medium format backs with Rodenstock, > Schneider or Mamiya lenses > we're really discussing hybrid view camera systems. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information