----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:40 PM Subject: Re: Digital Lenses
Hi Peter
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> however the answer is no.
I don't, I think there is more to the quality of an image than mere resolution, I think tonality and true to life colour is much more important. I think that at the moment even though digital images seem to be brighter overall it still seems to lack a certain something....Is it only my taste or do others feel this way? >
Many observers look at digital images and seem to prefer them because they
are smoother, giving a creamy look to out of focus images and large expanses
of uniform color without detail. Well like sky for instance. They are also very
kind to skin tones in that they tend to remove blemishes. The built in algorithms
used to remove artifacts in the captured image tend to also smooth out small details.
Film in contrast looks well grainy. I like grain but that's just me. I'd prefer the
detail, I can always remove the grain if it's a problem but I can't put the detail back
if I've never seen it.
Color is another issue. Under most circumstances digital gives good color often better
than you get with color negative film from a mini-lab.
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx
