Re: OT: WAY OT - I'm Grumpy, Therefore I Blog

On Apr 10, 10:35 pm, Fred the Red Shirt <fredfigh...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Apr 5, 7:55 pm, Charlie Self <charlie...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



On Apr 4, 7:14 pm, Fred the Red Shirt <fredfigh...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...

IOW,digitalimaging is not yet as good as 35 mm.

OTOH, there is only opne place on Earth that still processes
Kodachrome 64, Dwayne's photo.

The reasons for the changeover todigitalphotography do NOT
include the quality of the images.

That was last year. But, then, I guess you're right when you state
"consumer grade."

There are probably a dozen DSLRs out there now that will match
resolution with a 35mm using most films. As an incidental point, how
many people shoot KX64 these days?

IMHO, that's not the seminal question. 'Most' films are pretty
crappy in terms of color, contrast, and resolution.

The seminal question is what quality CAN be obtained
via reasonable means.

When I was still shooting 35mm, my
editors were delighted to get transparencies with an ISO of 200.

You''re right about the DR. I figure another 2-3 years there.

Actually, the reasons fordigitalphotography DO include quality of
photos. I've got more 20x30 and 28x36 prints on my walls now than at
any other time in my life, many shot on a 6MP Pentax *istD, and the
rest on a 10MP Pentax K10D. The more than match the quality I used to
get out a couple of Minoltas--and the damned autofocus actually works,
which is more than I could ever say for one of my Minoltas.

What film were you using?


Various films, including K64. All this vewrbiage about transparency
color brilliance and small grain is true, but the only way to make it
visible at a reasonable size is to have the slide run through to
produce a dye transfer print, IIRC. Even then, it doesn't match the
look of the original, and an 11x14 dye transfer print costs well up in
the hundreds of bucks range, probably about half as much as I paid for
my Epson 1800 printer--that only gives a top of 13x19, but does some
wondrous things with 11x14. Affordability is another reason for the
success of digital: My photos have improved more in the past decade
than in something like 45 years of shooting before, for a simple
reason: Neither I nor my clients had to front the costs for testing
new films, different lighting set ups, different filter effects and so
on. Now, I can test a camera, and get used to it, by shooting 500
frames, if I feel it necessary. Before, that would have cost a
fortune, or at least the film and processing costs on 14 rolls. Today,
the cost is my time (which was a cost anyway), plus wear and tear on
the camera (which was there anyway).
.

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