[pure-silver] Re: Comparing the Image Quality of Film and Digital
- From: "bobkiss @caribsurf.com" <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:32:23 -0400
DEAR PETER,
If color neg still has a wider dynamic range than digital color images
(raw files I assume) then at the risk of comparing gray apples and colorful
oranges, black and white neg film must tromp raw files as, even with
"normal" processing, it has a greater dynamic range and, with "N Minus" it
can greatly exceed raw files. Further, b&w neg can record this wide SBR in
one exposure but digital requires multiple exposures and post exposure
image processing just go get a similar effect.
But, as you said, the manufactures are working on extending the
range. Further, from what i understand, the D600 does not produce the same
raw file as the top of the line Nikon or Canon DSLRs which, allegedly, do
produce a wider dynamic range raw. Not as good as film yet but it is just
a matter for time.
Then again, I don't think anything will touch the image quality I get
with my 8X10 for a while! LOL!!!
HOLIDAY CHEERS!
BOB
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 12:36 AM, Peter Badcock <peter.badcock@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> On 23 December 2014 at 04:54, Eric Nelson <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> I found the last photo interesting to think about.
>> http://petapixel.com/2014/12/18/comparing-image-quality-film-digital/
>>
>>
> Thanks Eric. Just the other day I was chatting with somebody at work
> about any obvious benefits of film over digital, with the main one being a
> better dynamic range. It is good to know that film can still out-do
> digital on the basis of similar costing equipment (rather than the criteria
> of similar sensor & film size).
>
> Dynamic Range
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_versus_film_photography#Dynamic_range>
> "Carson Wilson informally compared Kodak Gold 200 film with a Nikon D60
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_D60> digital camera and concluded
> that "In this test a high-end consumer digicam fell short of normal
> consumer color print film in the area of dynamic range."[14]
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_versus_film_photography#cite_note-14>
> The digital camera industry is attempting to address the problem of
> dynamic range. Some cameras have an automatic exposure bracketing
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposure_bracketing> mode, to be used in
> conjunction with high dynamic range imaging
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging> software"
>
> Regards
> Peter
>
>
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