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Film scanners?
In article , Tony Cooper
wrote: Since when do we need a "reason" to pursue a hobby from which we derive pleasure? Since when is someone else's way of pursuing a hobby not legitimate? Not one person is arguing that film is not a legitimate pursuit. It's the claims of the superiority of film output that we are arguing about. Who made that claim? I've followed this thread, and nospam has denied that claim, but he's denying something that hasn't been claimed. it was claimed. This is what nospam does to a thread to create an argument where there should not be an argument. The thread started on the subject of scanners. Then, Russell D. posted: "Exactly what I was thinking when I bought my CoolScan. Then I got bored with digital and started shooting film again. Glad I didn't sell it." No claim that film is superior. No claim that he can do something with film that can't be done with digital. Just a simple statement that he started shooting film again. in another post, he claimed film can do things digital cannot. that is a completely bogus claim. once again, you are twisting things. Liar. Talk abut twisting things, you were saying that claims were made about film being superior long before Russell made any comment about film vs digital in this thread. What Russell posted late in the thread was: "Bill, I can take shoot a roll of TriX and develop it in D-76 1:1 and get one look and then stand develop another roll in 1:100 Rodinal for an hour and get another look and then develop another roll in coffee (Caffenol) for yet another look. It's fun. You cannot duplicate the experience or the look with digital. Film has a unique look. It is not better or worse than digital. It is just different." he is wrong. it *can* be duplicated. He was referring to *his* experience, and that's a perfectly valid claim. a bogus claim cannot be valid. whatever he can do with film can be done with digital. simple physics. he is wrong, as are you. |
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 00:52:45 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote: On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:08:23 -0700, Bill W Not one person is arguing that film is not a legitimate pursuit. It's the claims of the superiority of film output that we are arguing about. Who made that claim? In this thread? I'm not sure that anyone has. I've followed this thread, and nospam has denied that claim, but he's denying something that hasn't been claimed. Threads always drift, and it might even be me who caused this part of it. I'm not going to go back through every post, but I'm sure you won't deny that at least a couple of posters here have made claims that film is superior to digital, whether in this particular thread or not. This is what nospam does to a thread to create an argument where there should not be an argument. The thread started on the subject of scanners. Then, Russell D. posted: "Exactly what I was thinking when I bought my CoolScan. Then I got bored with digital and started shooting film again. Glad I didn't sell it." No claim that film is superior. No claim that he can do something with film that can't be done with digital. Just a simple statement that he started shooting film again. Sure, in the comments by one poster in this thread. There have been several other posters, and several other threads. My comments have been very general. nospam had to jump in and say: "bored with digital? there's so much more it can do versus film." and Russell replied "Why do I need it to do more?". nospam, delighted to be able to start yet another argument while putting-down someone else's preference and insult their ability wrote: "why limit yourself? if you're satisfied with mediocre, go for it." In other words, nospam feels that anyone shooting film is only capable of mediocre output. I didn't read it that way. And you are ignoring the full context of the discussion. It's typical of nospam to do this. He creates dissension where there is no dissension. It's not a film shooter that has claimed superiority. It's the person who says that film shooters can only produce mediocre results that is claiming superiority. Claiming superiority of a technology, and I fully agree. But there are film shooters who claim superiority of the final output using film. Film is limiting, and that's all anyone is claiming. 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. But if processing is needed or simply wanted for artistic purposes, which would you rather work with, especially if it's major work? |
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In article , Bill W
wrote: It's not a film shooter that has claimed superiority. It's the person who says that film shooters can only produce mediocre results that is claiming superiority. Claiming superiority of a technology, and I fully agree. But there are film shooters who claim superiority of the final output using film. anyone claiming that is delusional, just like the audiophools who claim that vinyl sounds better than cds. they live in a fantasyland. Film is limiting, and that's all anyone is claiming. yep, and it is. simple physics. 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. the digital photo can be downgraded to look like the film photo if that's the look someone wants, but the film photo can't ever be improved to match the output of the digital slr. not possible. similarly, an audio cd can be downgraded to sound like a vinyl record, but it's not possible for a record, no matter how good it is, to be as good as digital audio. not possible. But if processing is needed or simply wanted for artistic purposes, which would you rather work with, especially if it's major work? obviously, digital is easier and can do more, but even without any processing, film can't match what digital can do. |
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On 2017-04-21 15:21:03 +0000, Tony Cooper said:
On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:13:49 -0400, nospam wrote: In article , Tony Cooper wrote: Since when do we need a "reason" to pursue a hobby from which we derive pleasure? Since when is someone else's way of pursuing a hobby not legitimate? Not one person is arguing that film is not a legitimate pursuit. It's the claims of the superiority of film output that we are arguing about. Who made that claim? I've followed this thread, and nospam has denied that claim, but he's denying something that hasn't been claimed. it was claimed. This is what nospam does to a thread to create an argument where there should not be an argument. The thread started on the subject of scanners. Then, Russell D. posted: "Exactly what I was thinking when I bought my CoolScan. Then I got bored with digital and started shooting film again. Glad I didn't sell it." No claim that film is superior. No claim that he can do something with film that can't be done with digital. Just a simple statement that he started shooting film again. in another post, he claimed film can do things digital cannot. that is a completely bogus claim. once again, you are twisting things. Liar. Talk abut twisting things, you were saying that claims were made about film being superior long before Russell made any comment about film vs digital in this thread. What Russell posted late in the thread was: "Bill, I can take shoot a roll of TriX and develop it in D-76 1:1 and get one look and then stand develop another roll in 1:100 Rodinal for an hour and get another look and then develop another roll in coffee (Caffenol) for yet another look. It's fun. You cannot duplicate the experience or the look with digital. Film has a unique look. It is not better or worse than digital. It is just different." He was referring to *his* experience, and that's a perfectly valid claim. However, each of those rolls of Tri-X is limited to its singular and unique developing process, whereas a single digital exposure can be processed with as many different film emulations you care to experiment with, without loosing the experimental experience. With software such as Exposure X2 you have the option with B&W emulations to use different developer types, including Rodinal at different concentrations to achieve different grain concentration and quality. The combinations are endless, and much less toxic than using a wet darkroom. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zqyfo6e1wozaotc/screenshot_38.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/z3ppz9n7r0dk749/screenshot_35b.jpg ....but that is my experience. ;-) -- Regards, Savageduck |
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In article 2017042109160380739-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom,
Savageduck wrote: What Russell posted late in the thread was: "Bill, I can take shoot a roll of TriX and develop it in D-76 1:1 and get one look and then stand develop another roll in 1:100 Rodinal for an hour and get another look and then develop another roll in coffee (Caffenol) for yet another look. It's fun. You cannot duplicate the experience or the look with digital. Film has a unique look. It is not better or worse than digital. It is just different." He was referring to *his* experience, and that's a perfectly valid claim. However, each of those rolls of Tri-X is limited to its singular and unique developing process, whereas a single digital exposure can be processed with as many different film emulations you care to experiment with, without loosing the experimental experience. and look exactly like tri-x, if that's the goal. With software such as Exposure X2 you have the option with B&W emulations to use different developer types, including Rodinal at different concentrations to achieve different grain concentration and quality. The combinations are endless, and much less toxic than using a wet darkroom. yep although you won't get the coffee aroma that you would when developing in coffee. you can, of course, brew a fresh pot to drink. |
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Film scanners?
In article , Tony Cooper
wrote: Claiming superiority of a technology, and I fully agree. But there are film shooters who claim superiority of the final output using film. Film is limiting, and that's all anyone is claiming. 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. But if processing is needed or simply wanted for artistic purposes, which would you rather work with, especially if it's major work? I don't recall any specific references, but most of the film users that have posted here are talking about *their* experience and opinion. If they feel that they can achieve better results with film, I accept that. it shows that they don't know how to get good results out of digital. they're blaming the medium for their own lack of skill and worse, they refuse to learn how by insisting that film is better. I would rather work with digital, but that's my own opinion. What I don't agree with are the attacks on film users who are doing what they like to do. I don't even care if they make claims about the superiority of film. I understand that to be their opinion based on their own capabilities. people can use whatever they want. the problem is when people make factually false claims, such as film being better than digital. To label their work "mediocre" is an undeserved insult. that's not what was said I'm not convinced that being "limited" is such a bad thing. If the film shooter goes out with one roll of film, he gets 36 chances to get a well-composed, well-exposed, good photograph. The digital shooter can shoot hundreds of exposures on the same outing with one card, and (if shooting RAW) an almost unlimited ability to improve and correct what was not done right in the field. nothing about digital prevents someone from only shooting 36 photos per card or whatever limit *they* decide is appropriate. if someone wants to take hours to compose a shot and shoot only one photo, they can do that too. Digital has allowed us to get sloppy. Not that we all are, but the medium allows it. The film shooter tends to be more disciplined and take more care with each shot. myth. I'm not going to go back to film, but I do make an effort to bring the same discipline and care into my shots that I did when shooting film. It might improve the results if each of us went out with our digital cameras and restricted the day's shooting to 36 frames and printed out each image only as the camera captured it. No peeking at the image taken or the histogram in the camera. Results visible only after uploading. Just as an exercise, you understand. that won't help people learn. Digital is like allowing a batter to have an unlimited number of strikes. Sooner or later, he'll hit the ball. not even close to a good analogy. digital is like allowing a batter to keep hitting the ball like they always have (or strike out if they were a klutz), without ever getting tired. |
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Film scanners?
In article , Tony Cooper
wrote: "Bill, I can take shoot a roll of TriX and develop it in D-76 1:1 and get one look and then stand develop another roll in 1:100 Rodinal for an hour and get another look and then develop another roll in coffee (Caffenol) for yet another look. It's fun. You cannot duplicate the experience or the look with digital. Film has a unique look. It is not better or worse than digital. It is just different." He was referring to *his* experience, and that's a perfectly valid claim. However, each of those rolls of Tri-X is limited to its singular and unique developing process, whereas a single digital exposure can be processed with as many different film emulations you care to experiment with, without loosing the experimental experience. True, that. But is that what Russell wants to do? Shoot and process in such a way that he has unlimited revision choices, or shoot and process in such a way that he has to do it right the first time? he's claiming digital can't duplicate the look. that's false. The point, in this case, is not what *can* be done, but Russell *wants to do*. I'm sure Russell knows the options available in digital, but he chooses to go a different way because "It's fun". he clearly doesn't know, or he wouldn't make false claims. Why on earth would anyone object to this? Or label his choice as the "mediocre" way to go? because what he wrote is factually false. |
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On 2017-04-21 17:07:21 +0000, Tony Cooper said:
On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:16:03 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-04-21 15:21:03 +0000, Tony Cooper said: On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:13:49 -0400, nospam wrote: In article , Tony Cooper wrote: Since when do we need a "reason" to pursue a hobby from which we derive pleasure? Since when is someone else's way of pursuing a hobby not legitimate? Not one person is arguing that film is not a legitimate pursuit. It's the claims of the superiority of film output that we are arguing about. Who made that claim? I've followed this thread, and nospam has denied that claim, but he's denying something that hasn't been claimed. it was claimed. This is what nospam does to a thread to create an argument where there should not be an argument. The thread started on the subject of scanners. Then, Russell D. posted: "Exactly what I was thinking when I bought my CoolScan. Then I got bored with digital and started shooting film again. Glad I didn't sell it." No claim that film is superior. No claim that he can do something with film that can't be done with digital. Just a simple statement that he started shooting film again. in another post, he claimed film can do things digital cannot. that is a completely bogus claim. once again, you are twisting things. Liar. Talk abut twisting things, you were saying that claims were made about film being superior long before Russell made any comment about film vs digital in this thread. What Russell posted late in the thread was: "Bill, I can take shoot a roll of TriX and develop it in D-76 1:1 and get one look and then stand develop another roll in 1:100 Rodinal for an hour and get another look and then develop another roll in coffee (Caffenol) for yet another look. It's fun. You cannot duplicate the experience or the look with digital. Film has a unique look. It is not better or worse than digital. It is just different." He was referring to *his* experience, and that's a perfectly valid claim. However, each of those rolls of Tri-X is limited to its singular and unique developing process, whereas a single digital exposure can be processed with as many different film emulations you care to experiment with, without loosing the experimental experience. True, that. But is that what Russell wants to do? I wouldn't know. He hasn't told us if he has even thought of that approach. Shoot and process in such a way that he has unlimited revision choices, or shoot and process in such a way that he has to do it right the first time? Shooting digital doesn't stop you from getting things "right the first time", and locking into those results without any post processing. Especially if you shoot JPEG only, and use a camera which gives you very good SOOC options with in-camera film emulation choices. here I am thinking selfishly of my X-T2. http://www.hendriximages.com/blog/2017/3/19/forget-raw-and-go-acros-the-definitive-review The point, in this case, is not what *can* be done, but Russell *wants to do*. I'm sure Russell knows the options available in digital, but he chooses to go a different way because "It's fun". It is always about want each of us *wants to do*, and I am sure that it is fun for him. However, I am not so sure that he does know all the digital options available to him, or if he even cares that there are such options. Why on earth would anyone object to this? Only one person I can think off. Or label his choice as the "mediocre" way to go? He who labels without thinking things through, or caring about any opinions than his. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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In article 2017042110371074587-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom,
Savageduck wrote: Shoot and process in such a way that he has unlimited revision choices, or shoot and process in such a way that he has to do it right the first time? Shooting digital doesn't stop you from getting things "right the first time", and locking into those results without any post processing. Especially if you shoot JPEG only, and use a camera which gives you very good SOOC options with in-camera film emulation choices. correct. point, in this case, is not what *can* be done, but Russell *wants to do*. I'm sure Russell knows the options available in digital, but he chooses to go a different way because "It's fun". It is always about want each of us *wants to do*, and I am sure that it is fun for him. However, I am not so sure that he does know all the digital options available to him, or if he even cares that there are such options. he clearly does not know about all of the digital options nor how to best use them, and that's why his claim that the 'film look' cannot be duplicated is *false*. |
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On 2017-04-21 17:37:10 +0000, Savageduck said:
On 2017-04-21 17:07:21 +0000, Tony Cooper said: On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:16:03 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2017-04-21 15:21:03 +0000, Tony Cooper said: On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:13:49 -0400, nospam wrote: In article , Tony Cooper wrote: Since when do we need a "reason" to pursue a hobby from which we derive pleasure? Since when is someone else's way of pursuing a hobby not legitimate? Not one person is arguing that film is not a legitimate pursuit. It's the claims of the superiority of film output that we are arguing about. Who made that claim? I've followed this thread, and nospam has denied that claim, but he's denying something that hasn't been claimed. it was claimed. This is what nospam does to a thread to create an argument where there should not be an argument. The thread started on the subject of scanners. Then, Russell D. posted: "Exactly what I was thinking when I bought my CoolScan. Then I got bored with digital and started shooting film again. Glad I didn't sell it." No claim that film is superior. No claim that he can do something with film that can't be done with digital. Just a simple statement that he started shooting film again. in another post, he claimed film can do things digital cannot. that is a completely bogus claim. once again, you are twisting things. Liar. Talk abut twisting things, you were saying that claims were made about film being superior long before Russell made any comment about film vs digital in this thread. What Russell posted late in the thread was: "Bill, I can take shoot a roll of TriX and develop it in D-76 1:1 and get one look and then stand develop another roll in 1:100 Rodinal for an hour and get another look and then develop another roll in coffee (Caffenol) for yet another look. It's fun. You cannot duplicate the experience or the look with digital. Film has a unique look. It is not better or worse than digital. It is just different." He was referring to *his* experience, and that's a perfectly valid claim. However, each of those rolls of Tri-X is limited to its singular and unique developing process, whereas a single digital exposure can be processed with as many different film emulations you care to experiment with, without loosing the experimental experience. True, that. But is that what Russell wants to do? I wouldn't know. He hasn't told us if he has even thought of that approach. Shoot and process in such a way that he has unlimited revision choices, or shoot and process in such a way that he has to do it right the first time? Shooting digital doesn't stop you from getting things "right the first time", and locking into those results without any post processing. Especially if you shoot JPEG only, and use a camera which gives you very good SOOC options with in-camera film emulation choices. here I am thinking selfishly of my X-T2. http://www.hendriximages.com/blog/2017/3/19/forget-raw-and-go-acros-the-definitive-review The point, in this case, is not what *can* be done, but Russell *wants to do*. I'm sure Russell knows the options available in digital, but he chooses to go a different way because "It's fun". It is always about want each of us *wants to do*, and I am sure that it is fun for him. However, I am not so sure that he does know all the digital options available to him, or if he even cares that there are such options. Why on earth would anyone object to this? Only one person I can think off. Or label his choice as the "mediocre" way to go? He who labels without thinking things through, or caring about any opinions than his. I guess along the way this was missed. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/features/great-film-renaissance-2017 -- Regards, Savageduck |
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