As I said in the first note, I'm comparing the OM and E-3. This note
states my method.
Note that I'm not interested in technical or scientific comparisons !
Rather, I'm a pretty simple-minded shooter, and I've become pretty
comfortable with OM technologies. The question for me is, given my level
of interest in picture-taking (which is high) and my (probably less
rigorous than you folks) methods -- exactly what does it all mean? When I
point my camera - what can I expect?
I decided to take duplicate digital and film pictures, with the following
groundrules.
a. On the E-3, I bracketed 3 shots, the .3 choice. I chose fine etc.
JPEG, producing a 4-meg image. I used all “normal” settings, though
towards the end I used spot metering a lot more.
b. On the OMs (I took 4 – 4ti, 2s, 2n, 2), I used both UC400 and
UC100. For many shots I used the trusty 35-105 (I know, I know, not the
best, but still pretty good.) For others I used the 100 f2 and 21 f2. In
some cases I did some 1-stop bracketing.
c. On both, I used polarizing filters.
I’m now through the 2 week trip. I ended up with about 1200 digital
images (that is, about 400 bracketed images) and about 250 film shots (the
disparity is explained later.) My plan is to choose around 20 “identical”
shots and do the following which will produce 5 images for each
"identical" shot.
a. Digital: pick the best of the 3 bracket shots for each of the 20.
1) Use an unprocessed digital image (4 meg JPEG)
2) Run the digital image thru simple processing (e.g.,
Picasso, sharpening, some modest processing like adjusting contrast)
b. Film: use the equivalent shot for each of the 20.
3) Use the negative image
4) Use the CD provided by the film developer (about a 2
meg JPEG)
5) Scan the negative image (Epson 700), highest
resolution.
This should give me 5 images: four digital (which includes the scanned
negative and the provided CD) and one film.
I want to establish how these 5 images compare. (Again, at this point,
you serious photographers can cringe and stop reading here.) To do so,
I’ll have my trusty Sams Club produce 1) an 8 by 10 for each, and 2) a 20
by 24 or 20 by 30 for each. Then we’ll see.
What I'm interested in is:
a. Sharpness. I of course used the image stabilization, but I'm
interested in how sharpness survived thru the various steps above.
b. Color, contrast, etc.
c. Overall satisfaction
As I said, I’ll report the outcomes to you.
Again, I'm interested in what you'd be interested in.
Bob Benson
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