[rollei_list] Re: Something about last week
- From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:58:35 -0800
At 11:38 PM 1/31/2006 -0500, Aaron wrote, in part:
BTW, Carlos, the quality of these scans is much higher than some of
your older web photos. Watch out for the black and white points,
though. In the photo of Norita in the hammock, her hair comes across
as solid black. Look at the negative and see if there is any detail
in the hair.
Best regards,
Aaron
I have a confession to make. I just bought a second digital camera
of relative good quality.
(A couple of years back I bought a $99 Olympus just to see what
digital photography is all about. That's now going to whatever
grandchild thinks he or she can handle it, since even that camera can
do more than just point-and-shoot).
Now to the point discussed above, and my new digital. It has the
ability to analyze pictures in the camera in many different ways,
including composite light and individual color histograms, exposure
data, and relating to the above comment, it can point out, on the
screen, highlight and shadow zones.
These are zones which are either over-exposed or under-exposed to the
extent that there is no data there. When you select highlight
analysis, the over-exposed areas are presented in pure white, and the
opposite for shadow zones. Very interesting and useful.
I have the notion that Ansel Adams did something similar with his
Zone System of exposure determination, and we do the same thing
(protect ourselves) by either using long-tailed film or bracketing.
I agree with the general opinion that affordable digital systems
can't produce image quality one can get with a good medium format
film camera, however I think that it does require considerable skill
and effort to get these great shots on film. If that weren't the
case, this forum wouldn't have so may posts on exposure, exposure
meters, film types, developers, etc.
O.K. Die hards, fire away, I can take it. Actually I'm on both sides
of the fence so whichever process you prefer will send arrows into my heart.
DAW
Don Williams
La Jolla, CA
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