>I'm concerned that we keep comparing to a 4000dpi scan of ProviaF-100.
Does it ever occur to anybody else that >4000dpi is NOT the ideal sensor
resolution for Provia?
It doesn't matter. Someone just pointed out that what we're testing is a
comparison of a digital camera and a scanner.
>Also, is grain necessarily a bad thing?
Boy, hs this been a topic here and other places. Apparently most
photographers have, including those old enought to know what grain really
is, taken to the opinion that ANY grain is too much. In some cases it may
be, but a bit of grain, especially in B&W, isn't all that bad, and can add
to an image.
>Digital capture is coming. I was part of the push of replacing analog
audio in broadcast and recording studios with digital .so I'm well aware of
the advantages (and marketing methods) of digital in both mediums.
It is, and it's amazing what can be done. When I shot TV newsfilm, we edited
it by hand, and a hot splicer was a real technological advance. Look at what
can be done now, with non-linear video editing.
>Is there really something more to photography than shear specifications?
Absolutly! Refer to the story I related a year or so ago about Charlie
Parker playing someone else's saxophone. Ultimately, it is the art, not the
craft.
>In the movie industry, 35mm film stock has remained a primary capture
method. Why? The specifications of video >capture far exceed that of film.
There is a "look" to 35mm that only recently has anybody been able to
duplicate in video >production.
There's even a process called "Filmlook" that processes video to give that
look, however successful you may find it. The think that will move the movie
industry to digital is money. The cost of film stock for principal
photography, while great (they usually begin shooting at 10:1) isn't the big
bite, it's the release prints. Several companies already have working
systems for transmitting movies via satellite to theatres, and projecting
digitally. The quality is very nearly there, but the theatre chains are
reluctant to make the investment in poor economic times. The film companies
will pressure them, though, so it will come.
>Will digital give you that "Leica Glow"?
Sure, right after you define it, and after the LUG decides the newest lenses
have it.
Bill Pearce
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