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I haven't followed the photographic scene lately and suspect there's
been a lot of advancement with digital photography. I have a complete Rollei SL66 setup and would like to take some nature photos but prefer to have digital output. So... What options are there? Is a digital back available? Would it be best to shoot transparencies and scan? Or any other suggestions? Thanks, Paco |
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wrote in message ... I haven't followed the photographic scene lately and suspect there's been a lot of advancement with digital photography. I have a complete Rollei SL66 setup and would like to take some nature photos but prefer to have digital output. So... What options are there? Is a digital back available? Would it be best to shoot transparencies and scan? Or any other suggestions? Thanks, Paco You might want to check out the two Rolleiflex mailing lists, one at Yahoo lists and the other at Freelists. I don't know the current availablility of a digital back for the SL-66 but suspect is would be quite expensive. OTOH, many users of these and other MF cameras produce excellent results by shooting on film and scanning the negatives. I don't know the current prices of high qulity film scanners but suspect you would be ahead of the game by going that route especially since the scanner can be used for any negatives where the camera back is specific to the camera. -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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On Wed, 6 May 2009 07:44:32 -0700, "Richard Knoppow"
wrote: wrote in message .. . I haven't followed the photographic scene lately and suspect there's been a lot of advancement with digital photography. I have a complete Rollei SL66 setup and would like to take some nature photos but prefer to have digital output. So... What options are there? Is a digital back available? Would it be best to shoot transparencies and scan? Or any other suggestions? Thanks, Paco You might want to check out the two Rolleiflex mailing lists, one at Yahoo lists and the other at Freelists. I don't know the current availablility of a digital back for the SL-66 but suspect is would be quite expensive. OTOH, many users of these and other MF cameras produce excellent results by shooting on film and scanning the negatives. I don't know the current prices of high qulity film scanners but suspect you would be ahead of the game by going that route especially since the scanner can be used for any negatives where the camera back is specific to the camera. Thanks for the suggestion. For some reason I had forgotten about the negative choice versus positives. I have a great scanner so now the issue is positive or negative. Any firsthand experience? Thanks once again, Paco |
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I have a great scanner so now the issue is positive or negative. Any firsthand experience? I far prefer scanning positives. You see what you are supposed to be getting, and the colors are more vibrant. Also, I find grain less obtrusive with the Fuji 100F films than with most color negative films. I find Provia 100F a real joy to work with. Other folks prefer Velvia 50. Astia 100F for portraits and when less contrast is desirable. -- David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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Thanks for all the great comments. As with many things I guess I will
have to buy some of each and experiment. Thanks again, I'm off to the camera store. Paco |
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