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Film vs Digiatal, lets put it to the test
In article , philo
wrote: On 09/03/2017 08:25 AM, android wrote: In article , philo wrote: On 09/03/2017 04:23 AM, Eric Stevens wrote: http://www.abwatson.com/film-vs-digital-lets-put-test/ "Have you ever heard the argument that digital just doesn’t have the same look as film? Well, let’s put that argument to rest. I Have pain stickily made my own Lightroom preset that I believe is 96% the same as my favourite film Kodak Tri-X 400. Now, this preset is custom made for my camera specifically. So let’s dive a little deeper into how I accomplished this preset and put all those subjective arguments to rest. Plus much more including pictures ... Although I recently took a few of my film cameras out of retirement just for the experience of shooting a few rolls... About ten years ago I performed a test. I went on a photo shoot on an ideal light day and took my medium format Mamiya-Sekor C220 and my Canon Rebel EOS. Even though I have now replaced the Rebel with a better camera, it beat the medium format. I think that there must be some imperfections in your digitizing workflow... So because the digital image was better than the analog...there "must be imperfections in my digitizing workflow" Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Yes it does. The C220 was a rather good MF camera, intended for studio use of course and if proper pictures from it has been trumped by some equivalent ones from an early model Digital Rebel then yes... http://a4.img.bidorbuy.co.za/image/u...610705_1001172 24229_IMG_2077.jpg -- teleportation kills |
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Film vs Digiatal, lets put it to the test
On 09/03/2017 09:34 PM, android wrote:
I think that there must be some imperfections in your digitizing workflow... So because the digital image was better than the analog...there "must be imperfections in my digitizing workflow" Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Yes it does. The C220 was a rather good MF camera, intended for studio use of course and if proper pictures from it has been trumped by some equivalent ones from an early model Digital Rebel then yes... http://a4.img.bidorbuy.co.za/image/u...610705_1001172 24229_IMG_2077.jpg Sorry but what you said still does not make sense to me. Had you said that my skill with Photoshop (for example) exceeded my skill in the darkroom /that/ would have seemed reasonable. At any rate, my skills with Photoshop are not that great and neither are my darkroom skills. I had both images printed processed and professionally and I assure you the digital image was much sharper. It was not the case of perhaps having one shot done with the medium format slightly out of focus. I took the best shot of the day. |
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Film vs Digiatal, lets put it to the test
In article , philo
wrote: On 09/03/2017 09:34 PM, android wrote: I think that there must be some imperfections in your digitizing workflow... So because the digital image was better than the analog...there "must be imperfections in my digitizing workflow" Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Yes it does. The C220 was a rather good MF camera, intended for studio use of course and if proper pictures from it has been trumped by some equivalent ones from an early model Digital Rebel then yes... http://a4.img.bidorbuy.co.za/image/u...610705_1001172 24229_IMG_2077.jpg Sorry but what you said still does not make sense to me. Had you said that my skill with Photoshop (for example) exceeded my skill in the darkroom /that/ would have seemed reasonable. At any rate, my skills with Photoshop are not that great and neither are my darkroom skills. I had both images printed processed and professionally and I assure you the digital image was much sharper. It was not the case of perhaps having one shot done with the medium format slightly out of focus. I took the best shot of the day. Oki... -- teleportation kills |
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Film vs Digiatal, lets put it to the test
On 9/3/17 5:23 AM, Eric Stevens wrote:
http://www.abwatson.com/film-vs-digital-lets-put-test/ "Have you ever heard the argument that digital just doesn’t have the same look as film? Well, let’s put that argument to rest. I Have pain stickily made my own Lightroom preset that I believe is 96% the same as my favourite film Kodak Tri-X 400. Now, this preset is custom made for my camera specifically. So let’s dive a little deeper into how I accomplished this preset and put all those subjective arguments to rest. Plus much more including pictures ... pretty easy for positives, just map the spectral characteristics into the color space you want for negative systems you need to model the intent too, whether that be a print's spectral characteristics, the actual scene's color space, or something else that could be as simple as an inversion ICC supports look/feel profiles that could accommodate this, I forget where, I think Kodak offered film look/feel for digital cameras at one time -- dale - http://www.dalekelly.org |
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Film vs Digiatal, lets put it to the test
On Sun, 03 Sep 2017 18:50:00 -0400, nospam
wrote: In article , Eric Stevens wrote: You can emulate all that you want and I do that myself at times but it ain't the same... then your emulation is not that good. It is never that good. false. I have never seen an emulation yet which would pass a close scrutiny. Consider the emulation of film grain for a start. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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Film vs Digiatal, lets put it to the test
On Sep 4, 2017, Eric Stevens wrote
(in ): On Sun, 03 Sep 2017 18:50:00 -0400, wrote: In , Eric Stevens wrote: You can emulate all that you want and I do that myself at times but it ain't the same... then your emulation is not that good. It is never that good. false. I have never seen an emulation yet which would pass a close scrutiny. Consider the emulation of film grain for a start. You should download the Alienskin Exposure X2 trial, kick the tires, and take it for a spin, then condemn film emulation, including film grain emulation. https://www.alienskin.com ....and for the Tri-X lovers, I think you will find this comes quite close, and I used Tri-X quite extensively in the days I still had a wet darkroom. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wrny3pw5ktt7aob/DSC_3435-EX2.jpg -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Film vs Digiatal, lets put it to the test
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Eric Stevens wrote: On Sun, 03 Sep 2017 18:50:00 -0400, nospam wrote: In article , Eric Stevens wrote: You can emulate all that you want and I do that myself at times but it ain't the same... then your emulation is not that good. It is never that good. false. I have never seen an emulation yet which would pass a close scrutiny. Consider the emulation of film grain for a start. I wouldn't say that emulation isn't fun. Both the DxO and Capture One provides excellent profiles and with the latter you can cook your own... You just don't get the same pictures with a wet or hybrid workflow as with emulations. I've upgraded my hard rives now and preparing myself mentally for going through two decades of negs. Good thing that I ain't a pro! Well, my apartment is going to go through an overhaul soon and that might hold it of for another year but my arms are getting better so I guess that I'll have to take some pics with the "M" instead if that's the case. The 1D2 is still way to have to have off the tripod but that will change! :-)) -- teleportation kills |
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Film vs Digiatal, lets put it to the test
On Mon, 04 Sep 2017 18:55:20 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On Sep 4, 2017, Eric Stevens wrote (in ): On Sun, 03 Sep 2017 18:50:00 -0400, wrote: In , Eric Stevens wrote: You can emulate all that you want and I do that myself at times but it ain't the same... then your emulation is not that good. It is never that good. false. I have never seen an emulation yet which would pass a close scrutiny. Consider the emulation of film grain for a start. You should download the Alienskin Exposure X2 trial, kick the tires, and take it for a spin, then condemn film emulation, including film grain emulation. https://www.alienskin.com ...and for the Tri-X lovers, I think you will find this comes quite close, and I used Tri-X quite extensively in the days I still had a wet darkroom. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wrny3pw5ktt7aob/DSC_3435-EX2.jpg They are (better than) fine for casual examination but a close scrutiny would show that the images were not created with film. This was the point I was trying to make to nospam: that as android said to nospam "You can emulate all that you want and I do that myself at times but it ain't the same..." and it is generally possible to tell the difference. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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Film vs Digiatal, lets put it to the test
On 3/09/2017 7:23 @wiz, Eric Stevens wrote:
http://www.abwatson.com/film-vs-digital-lets-put-test/ "Have you ever heard the argument that digital just doesn’t have the same look as film? Well, let’s put that argument to rest. I Have pain stickily made my own Lightroom preset that I believe is 96% the same as my favourite film Kodak Tri-X 400. Now, this preset is custom made for my camera specifically. So let’s dive a little deeper into how I accomplished this preset and put all those subjective arguments to rest. Plus much more including pictures ... Why on Earth would anyone want to modify digital images into "film" look (Whatever that means)? A lot easier to just grab a roll of film and go for broke! At least, that's what I do... )) |
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Film vs Digiatal, lets put it to the test
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: You can emulate all that you want and I do that myself at times but it ain't the same... then your emulation is not that good. It is never that good. false. I have never seen an emulation yet which would pass a close scrutiny. well that settles that. if you haven't seen it, it must not exist anywhere. oh, and thank you for all your hard work in evaluating every single possible method and implementation in the world. that must have taken a lot of time. Consider the emulation of film grain for a start. what about it? you've already decided. |
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