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Subject: [Leica] IMG: 280 megapixels
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:37:44 +0100
References: <E633AFC3-341F-4C33-9524-5EE7B63DFE5C@frozenlight.eu> <4D34D007.6060906@gmail.com> <AANLkTi=uf91p=8-JTZanyyireE_zo+wefuYAeyD70W9L@mail.gmail.com>

I agree Marty!

Maybe on the future better sensors, firmware or software will be  
developped!

Saludos
Lluis


El 18/01/2011, a las 0:28, Marty Deveney escribi?:

> It's the reason that I've stuck to film for monochrome; the delicate
> transitions in the highlights particularly can only be obtained with
> digital under some lighting conditions.  Good films still have better
> dynamic range and highlight separation.
>
> Marty
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Michiel Fokkema
> <michiel.fokkema at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Great you're back to film! i always liked your film shots very much.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Michiel fokkema
>>
>> On 18-1-2011 0:00, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>>
>>> In a recent fit of madness, I acquired a Fuji rangefinder which  
>>> produces
>>> 6x9 images on that archaic medium known as film. I just received  
>>> my test
>>> rolls from the lab, which proved to me that the camera functions  
>>> correctly.
>>> When I scan those huge negatives on my Epson 700 at its maximum  
>>> resolution,
>>> the result is a file of about 280 megapixels. But it is not  
>>> sharpness or
>>> details that keeps film interesting; rather, it is the fine  
>>> gradation of the
>>> tones:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Sometimes-I-use-film/7590141_XFqsu#1159932454_x9hbc-O-LB
>>>
>>> More to come. I am right now shooting a roll of Ilford SFX with a  
>>> red
>>> filter. In our sunny climate, it should give good results.  
>>> Photographty is a
>>> big tent, and I enjoy visiting different areas of that tent.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>>
>>> YNWA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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