[rollei_list] Re: Digital Advice

Hi Michael,

> Now that the output from these cameras far exceed the quality that
> I could produce (for my normal wedding/photojournalism work) with 35mm
> film...

Shooting both film and digital, for quite a few years, I still don't see
higher digital quality from any sub $2k digital camera than 35mm film.  But,
that's using my criteria...some people think that sharpness somehow is
higher image quality...but in reality, it is typically not.  I think a lot
of the digital "quality" people like, like sharpness, are a false metric
with respect to actual image fidelity.  Comics are very sharp, but have
little detail.

So, anyway, though I fully appreciate and agree that *some* people believe
their digital output has higher "quality" than they got with film, I believe
a lot of it is misperception of actual image fidelity.  But, hey, since in
today's society perception is everything (reality takes a back seat), then
if they think an image with lower image fidelity is higher "quality", who am
I to argue.

The bottom line is, it really depends on what the criteria for "quality" is.
That, for some reason, seems to almost never be stated.

Regards,

Austin

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