Which produces better photos and print quality, 35 mm film cameras or
35 mm DSLR cameras?
I believe DSLR's produce better photos & print quality for the simple reason
you know on site, via the histogram, whether you have obtained the optimum
exposure for a given situation - no more waiting till after development of
the film to find out if you got it right. No such mechanism exists for film.
a)...With the K-5 IIs I find that on TAv mode the camera selects 1200 ASA
or more.
Then maybe you should be using selecting the ASA yourself.
b) Film was more forgiving producing usable photos with under or over
exposure.
Really ? I find with RAW capture this isn't an issue.
c) Shadow areas held more detail.
I've taken prints from film, captured the image digitally and was able to
get more detail than was on the print - admittedly I didn't personally
process the film.
f) Since I never made prints larger than 10 x 8 inches I can't say much on
this. But remember blowing up >projections from slide films on the wall
with amazing clarity.
I've never seen a side by side comparison of a projected slide vs a digital
projection of the same image, but the digital projections I've seen on
quality projectors leaves nothing to be desired IMO.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bipin Gupta" <[email protected]>
Subject: 35mm film v 35mm DSLR
Which produces better photos and print quality, 35 mm film cameras or
35 mm DSLR cameras? An intriguing question Malcom Sir.
I know some old farts say that the vinyl record produces better music
than the CD.
I have observed the following:
a) I could take street shots at night fairly well with 400 ASA color
film with the ME Super hand held. With the K-5 IIs I find that on TAv
mode the camera selects 1200 ASA or more.
b) Film was more forgiving producing usable photos with under or over
exposure.
c) Shadow areas held more detail.
d) There was that magic pop to color even though slightly muted on film
cameras.
f) Since I never made prints larger than 10 x 8 inches I can't say
much on this. But remember blowing up projections from slide films on
the wall with amazing clarity. I used a Leica SLR then.
Alas I went with technology and find DSLRs are getting better and
better. Let's hope Ricoh - Pentax gives us a great Full Frame DSLR.
Regards.
Bipin
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