You can believe what you want. Everyone justifies what they own especially those who cling to their film cameras. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Austin Franklin < austin.franklin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > -- Peter K Ó¿Õ¬