Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually I find this list a fine place to discuss things like this. Even though my use of film has been minimal since digital came along and isn't going to ever go up again, I like thinking about and discussing things like this. After all, I used film for a very long time and am very familiar with it. This list is a good one for discussions like this because most of us have enough commonalities to have understandable frames of reference. Most of us are older and have used a large variety of cameras and photographic techniques whereas most discussion forums now have quite a few members who have never shot film. I know well enough for my own satisfaction that the technical quality of my digital photography is substantially higher with less effort than I achieved with film. I have prints from my Olympus OMD M-5 that are technically better than what I was able to produce with my Mamiya 645 gear in the early 90's. I know that under very specific circumstances film can provide higher resolution than digital, but very little of my film photography involved high resolution high contrast copy film with my best lens in front of it, all attached to a tripod. Normal colour and B&W photography doesn't produce that kind of resolution though. In any case, discussions about why this is are interesting and we have enough people on this list who have enough experience and intelligence to do a fair job, even though we wander off easily in other directions. The basic concept, that 'analog' film photography at the grain level is digital, and that 'digital' photography at the pixel level is analog has been discussed for quite a while, and is certainly relevant to this type of discussion. It shows that there is no 1:1 correlation possible at a basic level to determine ultimate resolution and that subjective valuations and perceptual concepts need to be considered. On that basis digital mostly comes out ahead, as to me prints from quite small digital sensors outresolve (most) film quite handily. But again, that doesn't mean that much for most photographs that touch us, as so many other factors, principally content, tend to be so much more important. Henning On 2014-04-13, at 6:38 AM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > I sent a note to Frank D privately ..... > > I do not find this list a good audience for this level of technical > discussion..... > > I would think the Delete button would suffice, but apparently not. > > I think I am getting a bit testy about the level of tolerance in this > group. > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >