I fully agree. The first time this was brought home to me was when I used the digital to shoot my neighbours grand-daughter's wedding (fortunately as a guest). The veil looks like a patch of fog. Absolutely no detail to show it is a fine mesh. Film shows it as a veil. Richard On 16/04/2005, at 4:17 AM, Laurence Cuffe wrote: > I think the area where its easiest to distinguish the results of > digital from real film is textures, as the level of detail required to > distinguish say silk from fine linen, or the surface of a birch leaf > from the surface of a beach leaf is still a challenge for digital > cameras. > Richard Urmonas