I like digital and use it more than 90% of the time but I really miss the
details from my OM and film. You need at least 12MP or more in order to be
compariable. Here again is a test I made during a trip last year to Europe,
now I reduce the grain a little with NeatImage:
http://www.accura.com.hk/EU_01F.jpg OM4 21mm F2 at F5.6
Here is the one shot with E-1 and 11-22 at 11mm F4 1/800s converted with PS
CS2.
http://www.accura.com.hk/P8193517.jpg
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "AG Schnozz" <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
>> While I don't think this is the last word on the subject,
>> Reichmann has a few interesting things to say:
>
> I think his premise is wrong. He states something true, but
> misapplies it to the topic.
>
> Resolution is an absolute, not a perception. Digital gives the
> perception of greater resolution due to the fact that a pixel
> can be any hue or brightness, whereas a film grain is binary.
> His premise that it takes multiple grains to give the equivelent
> to a single pixel is true when it applies to tonality and
> overall image quality.
>
> Film grains are not the same size and shape. When processed, the
> grain disolves to tiny specs or large solids binding with the
> neighboring grains. Unlike a pixel, a grain has the ability to
> change shape in development too as well as migrate.
>
> Do I believe that film outresolves digital? I've got the PanF+
> and Delta 100 to prove it. Does color film outresolve digital?
> Less likely due to the dye cloud technology. Does digital give
> the perception of sharper, cleaner images? Absolutely.
>
> However, if you digitize (using a high-quality scanner) film and
> start applying processing techniques that the cameras do
> internally, you can end up with an image that far exceeds what
> the equivelent digital camera image would have yielded.
>
> Want proof? Take a high-res scan of a slide, do some noise
> removal on it and then downsize to the same pixel count as the
> digital camera image. Sharpen a little and compare. Wow! What
> happened to the grainy skies? Sometimes it helps a film image
> to dumb it down. And you have the benefit of not going through
> a Bayer array correction algorithm.
>
> AG
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