Having been emerge in digital imaging (from scanner to digital camera) for
ten years I don't see deficiency in Z-axis of today's prosumer digital
camera (E-10 and 10D), they are indeed better than slides not to mention
prints which only has a D-range of around 2.0. May be your friend want a DC
has capture ability like negatives (low ISO negatives not the ISO1600 or
3200 one).
Here below is an example of an original E-10 JPEG shoot at ISO80 but
undered by two stops or more.
http://www.accura.com.hk/P2240042.JPG (1.5MB)
This one is corrected by level and curve.
http://www.accura.com.hk/P2240042P.jpg (1.5MB)
This one is lightly processed by Neat Image and then level and curve.
http://www.accura.com.hk/P2240042F.jpg (780KB)
Actually you can further adjust it to make it look better, I just did it
very briefly. Play with the original image you will see how great the E-10
is. Actually the higher end Olympus DCs are very good in post processing
capability. Remember it is only a 8 bit image.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "W Shumaker" <om4t@xxxxxxxx>
> Exactly! A good friend of mine says people are obsessed with megapixels
> but what he wants is more Z-axis. The only people who are going to
> realize 11mp with their cameras are those who consistently use a tripod.
> Many images are rendered quite well with lower pixel counts, as
> witnessed by John Lind's "Kokomo Opalescent Glass Factory", shot with
> high speed B&W film. You can't tell me John needed 11mp of resolution.
> What he needed was Z-axis range for the tonality.
>
> <http://johnlind.tripod.com/kog/kog031.html>
>
> Wayne
>
>
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