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First of all, I love the film photography *process*, and I enjoy every new article at dpreview about it. That said, film photography tells the story of a shot in three slices: (I) the negative,...

Thanks Clickalot, I really needed that reminder how progress in digital sensors and AI has shifted the balance from the *content* of a photograph to the technical quality of the image. I am happy...

I do love Portra. But scanning it is not so super easy. There are many articles about this. If you just set your scanner to 'auto' so to speak, you may get nice pictures but without the famous...

Same here. I use Negadoctor as part of Darktable these days. I agree that Ektar is easy to scan and that Portra can be way more difficult. I develop C41 using a motor base to improve consistency. I...

@Copal Fit. I agree. Btw, this is not about equipment. I have a Coolscan 5000 (a very, very good scanner). Just search for "Richard Color PAC" or their article about scanning and differences...

I am sorry @fmian, only after looking at your personal section of your portfolio I realized that you may have a different color perception. This explains why you would believe that correcting...

Just because not everybody may realize that @fmian was just joking. Correcting color in color negatives both in darkroom print and from scanners is a difficult task. Getting the colors perfect may...

First of all, thanks very, very for publishing an article about scanning here on dpreview! I just wish the article would be a bit more in-depth or honest about the real state of the art. VueScan...

@Astro Landscapes, I do not mean to be confrontational, but you are getting it exactly 180 degree wrong. Leica costs more because they pay German salary scales, they even go into detail explaining...

Folks, wake up. Products do *not* have an intrinsic value. Demand creates value, and there is clearly enough demand for Leica's products. Can't you just be happy that our community supports a...

I am sure gonzalu is just kidding. If 'Pros' are defined as those that make money with their photography, many, many, many of them use Leicas and good for them. Those are beautiful instruments and...

Thanks a lot for your suggestion. The first fragment is from the method described in your link (as so often, the auto equalize is very strong), the second is the method described here before ...

For reasons that I do not fully understand yet, steps 1-5 lead to good color, an image that is a bit too bright, and a lot of color noise. If I use negfix8, I get substantially less color noise, ...

@HJVN yes, makes a lot of sense to me. I am also fine with us disagreeing. In fact, that is a prerequisite for many good discussions. All cameras you can buy today would be considered alien,...

@Malikknows, agreed! Even more, these old reviews actually had measurements and tests. The new videos are more like personal opinions. That is fine, and I often enjoy watching them, but more for...

@HJVN But the camera does not seem very good to be honest and particularly not in 2020 and for so much cash. Given that it has only one card slot (a no go if I remember the outcry in 2018/19...

@Bobtoroid, thanks! Out of interest: wouldn't you agree that the Z5 or S5 or even a smaller Fuji match your needs pretty well at a substantially lower cost (for the Z5 and the Fuji) and in parts...

I am really feeling a bit confused by that video. Wasn't a low-resolution EVF like this one called a big no-go just days ago in another video? Did you really just argue for an external gimbal to...

My feeling is that this would have been an acceptable entry-level 2nd camera for people already in the Sony lens system for around $999. If Nikon would have released such a product, the typical...

I just love seeing how Sony fans here are tying so so hard to ignore issues such as the low resolutivion EVF, the sindgle card slot, the limited video, the missing dials, the super high cost (e.g.,...