[rollei_list] Re: [OT] film vs digital
- From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:07:32 -0300 (ART)
I meant about 2.40m x 45cm.
Carlos
--- Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
escribió:
> About 1998 my lab did for me 5 optical prints
> 50x50cm
> from Fuji 120 Superia 100 color neg film taken with
> the Rolleiflex 2.8C Xenotar, the prints were
> outstanding regarding sharpness and contrast and
> color, the five prints were to stitch a pano
> photograph taken with the Rollei pano head, I
> obtained
> a stitched pano about 1.40m x 45cm that impresses
> the
> observers. I have seen enormous murals made from
> optical prints showing excellent quality.
>
> All the best
> Carlos
>
>
> --- jchelder@xxxxxxxxxx escribió:
>
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> > Just a remark about quality differences between
> film
> > and digital.
> > In order to obtain an idea about the possibilities
> > of digital photo processing, I prepared an
> > artificial test image with the properties of the
> > Canon 400D sensor, 22.2 x 14.8 mm with 4360
> > dpi (so in total 10 M).
> > The image consists of 36 wedge shaped figures,
> each
> > with their points close to a center, but
> > 10 degrees apart. It is the digital equivalent of
> a
> > test card. The test image was stepwise
> > enlarged, using Photoshop's bicubic interpolation
> > and printed.
> > I was astonished by the result. Even at a 40 times
> > enlargement the borders of the wedges
> > remained sharp.
> > After this positive result I decided to buy a
> Canon
> > 400D and repeated the experiment by
> > photographing the original test card. Again, I
> could
> > enlarge the image by using Photoshop.
> > The result was the same. I could obtain an image
> > that, when printed, would be a print of
> > about 100 x 60 cm, without serious loss of
> > sharpness. I suppose that such a result could
> > hardly be obtained with film, even with a 6x6
> Rollei
> > (this camera is my benchmark for image
> > quality).
> > Of course, I know that sharpness is not the only
> > requirement of an attractive photo.
> >
> > Jan Helder
> >
> >
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> film
> > and digital. </span></font>
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> > In order to obtain an idea about the possibilities
> > of digital photo processing, I prepared an
> > artificial test image with the properties of the
> > Canon 400D sensor, 22.2 x 14.8 mm with 4360
> > dpi (so in total 10 M).</span></font>
> > </div>
> > <div align="left">
> > <font face="Arial" size="2">
> > <span style=" font-size:10pt">
> > The image consists of 36 wedge shaped figures,
> each
> > with their points close to a center, but
> > 10 degrees apart. It is the digital equivalent of
> a
> > test card. The test image was stepwise
> > enlarged, using Photoshop's bicubic interpolation
> > and printed.</span></font>
> > </div>
> > <div align="left">
> > <font face="Arial" size="2">
> > <span style=" font-size:10pt">
> > I was astonished by the result. Even at a 40 times
> > enlargement the borders of the wedges
> > remained sharp. </span></font>
> > </div>
> > <div align="left">
> > <font face="Arial" size="2">
> > <span style=" font-size:10pt">
> > After this positive result I decided to buy a
> Canon
> > 400D and repeated the experiment by
> > photographing the original test card. Again, I
> could
> > enlarge the image by using Photoshop.
> > The result was the same. I could obtain an image
> > that, when printed, would be a print of
> > about 100 x 60 cm, without serious loss of
> > sharpness. I suppose that such a result could
> > hardly be obtained with film, even with a 6x6
> Rollei
> > (this camera is my benchmark for image
> > quality).</span></font>
> > </div>
> > <div align="left">
> > <font face="Arial" size="2">
> > <span style=" font-size:10pt">
> > Of course, I know that sharpness is not the only
> > requirement of an attractive photo.</span></font>
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