On May 21, 2:29 pm, Don Stauffer in Minnesota
wrote:
On May 20, 8:30 pm, Robert Peirce
wrote:



I don't think digital is up to the range of 35mm film yet. However, I
much prefer digital over negative film for color work. I could never
quite get color to come out right from film, but digital seems to do it
with no problem. OTOH, B&W still seems to be better on film (although
digital is catching up fast) and 4x5 color slides are quite remarkable.
Digital would have a very long way to go to come close to 4x5 color
slides.

I think it IS up to medium or high speed color neg film, but not up to
slow transparency or slow B & W film yet. A good 8 to 10 Mp camera
has about the same resolution as the color films, and most all have
good dynamic range.

I scan Fujichrome in a Nikon scanner at 2,000dpi as I get quite good
enough results at that resolution. However the scanner will scan at
4,000dpi - since a 35mm negative or slide is (approx) 1" x 1.5", that
gives a 24mega-pixel file with the grain beautifully resolved.... I
can crop away at that kind of image and still be able to produce a
good A3 print. However I'm sorely tempted by one of the new Pentax D-
SLRs as it's on offer for £300....