I don't "throw away" any of my LF Negs, I just don't scan/print them all! Because of the time it takes to set up shots on a tripod, I often get picky as to when I fire the shutter waiting for correct elements and lighting etc. I also tend to double and triple check everything technical like focus, metering and exposure settings and camera leveling, etc so the technical flaws are almost zero.
When I grab shoot in 35mm I also get very few "keepers", for a lot of reasons, but with landscapes on LF it is different, much higher percentage of getting what you are after. JCO -----Original Message----- From: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 1:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying? >From: "John C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >4x5 is a far superior image quality SYSTEM, it is not because the >lenses are better, actually some of them are worse than the P67 lenses, >it is just that the film size is so big you don't need as much lens >resolution to end up overall much sharper than P67. Add to that the >fact that film grain is way less visible with the bigger negs and 4x5 >pretty much destroys p67 for landscape photography. > >I don't mean to sound harsh but your reply seems to be based on all the >classic myths and sterotypes associated with LF by people who have >never done any LF photography. > >JCO You are correct... I have never done LF firsthand, or MF for that matter. Here's the thing... let's say my personal "Keeper shots/Shots taken Ratio" is 1/36, or approximately one per roll (yeah, if I'm lucky). If I go out and shoot 100 frames of 35mm, I might come back with 3 keepers. If I were to only take 20 images on an outing I could come back with nothing worth keeping... what % of your 4 x 5 shots are throwaway? Tom C.
