RE: filmscanners: film vs. digital cameras - wedding/commercial photography

[Robert Meier]

--- Austin Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A 6M pixel camera, assume 2000 x 3000, will give you a very nice
> 8x10-11x14,
> but that's about the limits unless you use Genuine Fractals you won't
> get
> very good looking images above that.  For general reception (candid)
> shots,
> a digital "35mm equivalent" should work OK, but I certainly would not
> use it
> for formals.

> To answer your question, no, I would not give up my scanner for a
> digital
> camera yet.  When the digital cameras get to 16M pixels, I will
> consider
> getting one...but I will probably always use film anyway, since I
> shoot
> mostly B&W these days, and I don't do weddings any more.
> 
> I would easily use digital for commercial work though.  Typically,
> most
> commercial work doesn't require much enlargement, but it really
> depends on
> what the client expects for an end result.

Well, that was the kind of answer I was hoping to get. Thanks,

Robert


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