Nor I, Allan(abandon film). I am not even sure that I will go for
plan to sell my Bronica RF645 for an E400, although I am pretty sure
that the latter is going to be worthwhile buy.
I have just read the AP review of the Le*ca D-Lux 3 and I am not
convinced of its merits, certainly not nearly £1800's worth ...
I shall stick with my lovely OMs and E-1 for a good while yet.
By the way, you should give Vuescan a try for your scanning efforts
(www.hamrick.com. It takes a bit of getting used to, but the author,
Ed Hamrick, is a hard-working soul who has provided excellent manuals
and makes very frequent revisions of the software.
Chris
On 3 Dec 2006, at 15:02, Allan Mee wrote:
> I figured a negative scanner would be better than a flatbed and
> prints. I
> don't want to totaly abandon film - for, if nothing else, my Fujica
> STX1n
> can work without batteries. But - comparing the pictures from the
> 300D with
> my film prints - I think most of my photography will be digital
> now. I just
> wish it was as nice a camera to use as my A1 or OM2. I wonder if
> the Olympus
> E400 is as well built and feels as nice to use as a film SLR? It's an
> academic question for me at the moment - I couldn't afford one yet.
> But the
> 300D has certainly opened my eyes regarding the quality of images
> of DSLRs -
> I'm less confident that film will survive much longer. I've already
> noticed that many supermarkets now only stock APS (I've never used
> an APS
> camera - so can't comment on them).
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