I Dont mean to Flame but...35mm VS. Digital

John-G said:

I was a long time slide shooter myself. I have around 6500 slides
in carousels. You are correct, nothing really compares to a crispy
chrome of Velvia or even Sensia.... when viewed directly.

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I have to concur with you, I don't think digital is yet up to the level of slides viewed directly or projected. But once you scan them, then you have constrained them to the same technology that constrains digital: the cmos or ccd chip dynamics. Here is where digital has the advantage. While a slide has already constrained the original light to the limits of the film emulsion and THEN constrained again by the chip, a digital camera skips the first step and DIRECTLY processes original light. Thus scanning a slide will always fall short of a good digital camera (I'm talking 1Ds here). Possibly one day, when the technology surpasses film emulsion itself, most likely with a Foveon (tm) type chip, will some diehards finally give up on slides. I still enjoy them very much. I am a hard-core Kodachrome (tm) fan. Nothing beats digital for versatility though.

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Brian Kennedy said:

Steve Hoffmann said:

http://www.sphoto.com/techinfo/dslrvsfilm.htm

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Member said:

I do want to add that, as you no doubt realize, scanning 4x5 on an
inexpensive flatbed really doesn't do it justice (though it still
kills the others in your comparison). Most people printing 4x5
aren't printing from 2450 scans ;-). For those who are wondering
what is possible from LF film, I'd encourage stopping by a photo
gallery sometime and looking at LF prints, which will all either be
made traditionally or from digital files from high-end scanners.

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Brian Kennedy

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He should at least have scanned the 4x5 Velvia at a resolution of 2400 rather than just 1200 which the Epson 2450 should handle with ease. The file is large but so is the detail. I do my medium format that way. I think it would have been a little better comparison. It is an interesting layout though.

Heck I'm looking for a used 8x10 view camera. Then I think I'll just make contact prints!

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Ol' Don in Broken Arrow

But its not that far away, as film-people tend to say, teh pocket cameras are way far beihnd but not digital slrs...