[From a lurker on this list] Well, I think so. Two simple examples--one from film per se, one from scanning.
Last year I tested some film on a 4x5, comparing Velvia to Astia. Photos were on the coast, mid afternoon, clear skies but high humidity, hence the light was a little blue. The difference in the color was remarkable between the two--the Astia being blue/magenta, while the Velvia really brought out the greens. I showed the images to a group of people, a photography class, and everyone agreed that the Velvia was a much better image. If I had scanned the images, the first thing I would have tried to do is to match the film, and then "improve" it. If I hadn't had the Velvia, I wouldn't even have known that the image could be so much more alive. I don't know how much work it would have been to move the Astia towards the Velvia digitally, but I suspect it wouldn't be a simple transformation. Second example from scanning some medium format E-100S. A desert scene just after sunrise, orange light, blue shadows. The shadows, which were naturally a little blue, went more blue with the E-100, then even more blue on the scan. It was a lot of work to bring them back to something approaching what I had seen. If I had shot this picture on something other than E-100S, I suspect that I would have saved hours in Photoshop, and probably had a better final image. Again, my approach here was to first "correct" the scan to make it approximate the film, then "improve" it. Granted, I still have lots to learn about Photoshop.... A Dieder Bylsma at Sat, 10 Jan 2004 00:25:00 -0800 said: >With the big catch being that grain structure is different at a fixed ISO >rating between brands of films.... i.e. Portra 160 vs NPC 160 etc... > >and with the observation > > *our film scanners can scan an incredible range of colours at high bit depth > *digital photo editing tools are highly capable nowadays > >does it really make much difference if we choose to shoot with one brand >of film or another? (assuming grain detail is the same) > > > >Dieder > >------------------------------------- >--------------------------------------------------- >Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe >filmscanners' >or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message >title or body > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
