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Old April 23rd 17, 03:54 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Bill W
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Default Film scanners?

On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:14:12 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Bill W
wrote:


If you take two
identical photos under perfect conditions, one with top 35 mm film,
and the other with a good FF DSLR, the prints should be of equal
quality before any processing is done. I don't think anyone would
argue with that.


i would.

if the same photographer takes two photos of the same subject, same
lighting, same lens, same exposure, etc., one with a film camera and
one with an full frame digital slr, the digital camera will always be
able to produce a higher quality result.


My first reaction to this was that I needed to nudge the goalposts a
bit, but the I really don't have enough experience with both - or
either of the methods. But I will say that by "perfect conditions", I
meant a subject that would not challenge the limits (lighting, DR,
etc.) of either medium in any way. There are some objective measures
of IQ (color accuracy and so on) that I'm inclined to believe neither
medium would surpass the other in any substantial way. But again, I'm
merely inclined to believe that.

Regardless, film sucks. I gave up on getting the colors right in my
prints. All I got from my efforts was a giant headache. In LR, I can
just bump those sliders along until it looks right. And that
eyedropper thingy is even better...

And not one of my digital files has faded, so there.