[rollei_list] Analog and Digital Projection
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:33:28 -0500
At 01:19 PM 2/23/2008, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>
>From an engineer's POV you may well be right, but from that of the
>practitioner/artists with which I work with, there is no contest. You
>are not accounting for the receiving end of the exchange; projection
>is a very non-critical display medium because commonly almost no one
>is even at ortho viewing conditions when projecting; thus it is rather
>non-critical relative to resolution. In contrast, a typically loupe
>provides much higher effective mag. Brightness is much more of a
>factor on the "wow" end of the equation, and here there is no contest.
>Contrast... the eye cannot distinguish between 4 stops and 6 stops, it
>looks for the relative number of tones, and digital does just fine
>here. And you did not speak to all the other production factors which
>digital allows that make for a high-end presentation with real
>impact...
>
Eric
There is a logical disconnect here. Or, maybe, I am just being=
thick-witted.
You know seem to be saying that technical=20
differences between analog and digital projection=20
do not matter to a non-critical and non-technical=20
audience. I had thought that you had earlier=20
stated that digital projection was clearly a cut=20
above in quality so that even a non-critical=20
non-technical person could see the difference.
I know precisely the validity in Jim's=20
remarks. I have seen top-end digital projections=20
and I have seen top-end ama;pg projections, and=20
even someone who had never before seen a slide=20
show could see the difference -- the analog is=20
clearly brighter and sharper and the colors are truer.
SOMEDAY, digital projection will catch up,=20
precisely as SOMEDAY digital cameras will equal=20
the quality possible from analog. For most=20
purposes, digital, due to its convenience, is now=20
more capable than analog but, still, for raw data=20
storage and transmission, analog still outpaces=20
digital by a significant margin.
Marc
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