[rollei_list] Re: age old "digital vs film" debate...again...was RE: OT Ancient Computers
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:46:32 -0500
Frank, glad to read this much more reasonable and modest statement
about digital's capabilities, and your own personal abilities and
tastes, in contrast to this earlier statement:
> In all practical ways digital has exceeded the capability of film for some
> time. Certainly if there is an
> effect which one wishes to achieve, using a vintage LF lens for example, film
> may have to be the
> choice but that does not make film better, just an appropriate choice in some
> circumstances.
Eric Goldstein
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On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Frank Dernie
<Frank.Dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I quite agree, a matter of personal choice. I get p*ssed off when people say
> it meeds 67, or choose any other number, megapixels for digital to match
> film which is patently ridiculous. Which film? what other parameter than
> resolution?
> I get better dynamic range, a smoother look and plenty of resolution from
> digital. My prints look more 3 dimensional and real - particularly skin
> tones. I still like the look of B&W film for portraits, actually, but not
> for anything else.
> Some photographers prefer film so for them it is better, obviously.
> best regards,
> Frank
>
> On 13 Jan, 2009, at 13:56, austin.franklin@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> But that doesn't mitigate that the other works "better" for others, and no
>> amount of discussion is going to change that. Even if it is as simple as
>> someone likes to use a particular camera, that's good enough IMO.
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