Re: Why Digital Trumps Film by a Mile
Author: mook
Date: 06-25-2011 - 21:16

For b/w especially, I like my old film negatives. From 35mm with even just a reasonably decent camera (old Nicca then Canon r/f with 1940s-50s Nikon lenses) I can get a very nice-looking 16x20 or even bigger even from color. Hard to do that with digital without spending more than my cars (both of them together) are worth on the camera system and related computer stuff. Will have to check out that Sacto lab - some of my old prints have faded and need replacing. OTOH, everything these days is digital publication (even print), and it's hard to get scans of 35mm that are even 6-7 megapixel so for current work there's no question: digital. And if you want your image to have that vintage look there are several plugins available that emulate various films.



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  film hal wanaselja 06-25-2011 - 08:04
  Re: film Marty Bernard 06-25-2011 - 08:31
  Re: film Kyle 06-25-2011 - 09:07
  Re: film Tom Moungovan 06-25-2011 - 09:33
  Re: film Hal 06-25-2011 - 10:53
  Re: film Freericks 06-25-2011 - 11:35
  Re: film L.A.Scrafford 06-25-2011 - 11:49
  Re: film Ernest H. Robl 06-25-2011 - 12:57
  Why Digital Trumps Film by a Mile Marty Bernard 06-25-2011 - 19:29
  Re: Why Digital Trumps Film by a Mile Dick Dorn 06-25-2011 - 20:30
  Re: Why Digital Trumps Film by a Mile mook 06-25-2011 - 21:16
  Re: Why Digital Trumps Film by a Mile George Andrews 06-25-2011 - 21:27
  Scanning B&W negs John West 06-25-2011 - 21:35
  Re: Scanning B&W negs WAF 06-26-2011 - 06:10
  Re: Scanning B&W negs Sam Reeves 06-26-2011 - 15:45
  Re: Scanning B&W negs steve Thompson 06-26-2011 - 17:14
  Re: Why Digital Trumps Film by a Mile Steven D. Johnson 06-26-2011 - 07:47
  Re: Why Digital Trumps Film by a Mile mook 06-26-2011 - 13:41
  Re: Why Digital Trumps Film by a Mile Ernest H. Robl 06-26-2011 - 08:13
  Re: Why Digital Trumps Film by a Mile fkrock 06-26-2011 - 08:55
  Re: Why Digital will betray you. THAT guy 06-26-2011 - 09:37
  Re: Why Digital will betray you. John Barnhill 06-26-2011 - 11:11
  Re: Back to the original question Tom Moungovan 06-26-2011 - 12:43
  Re: Why Digital will betray you. njt 06-26-2011 - 13:04
  Re: Why Digital will betray you. John Barnhill 06-26-2011 - 17:46
  Re: Why Digital will betray you. George Andrews 06-26-2011 - 17:48
  Re: Why Digital will betray you. Steve Sloan 06-26-2011 - 18:11
  Re: Why Digital will betray you. Steven D. Johnson 06-26-2011 - 22:52
  Re: Why Digital will betray you. Freericks 06-26-2011 - 19:58
  Digital will NOT betray you. a younger railfan 06-26-2011 - 23:18
  Re: Digital will NOT betray you. Steve Thompson 06-27-2011 - 05:01
  Re: Digital will NOT betray you. Freericks 06-27-2011 - 05:33
  Re: more opinions... Severe Duty 06-27-2011 - 08:16
  Re: more opinions... Steve Thompson 06-27-2011 - 09:17
  Re: more opinions... mook 06-27-2011 - 12:41
  Re: more opinions... Digitial to Film 06-27-2011 - 14:23
  Re: more opinions... Freericks 06-27-2011 - 14:24
  Re: Graflex Severe Duty 06-27-2011 - 21:37
  Re: more opinions... Severe Duty 06-27-2011 - 21:52
  Re: more opinions... Marv. 06-27-2011 - 16:31
  Re: more opinions... Tom Moungovan 06-27-2011 - 18:23
  Re: more opinions... Freericks 06-27-2011 - 20:52


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