Yes, you can get slides from digital files. There are a couple of guys I know in the Portland, Oregon area that own film recorders that can put digital files on film. I have never seen these devices, or have I transferred files to slide film.
Jim A. > I was reffering to color or BW neg film. Can you > get slides from digital files and are > they any wider dynamic range than shooting > slide film in the first place? If you > dont really need slides, then there > isnt much point in shooting slide film > unless you really want a certain "look" > not available in neg films IMHO... > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jostein Øksne > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 4:28 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The "Film Look" > > > I take it you never shot slide film, JCO. > I did, and the dynamic range of the *istD was a welcome increase. > > Jostein > > > On 12/13/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You may be able to undo the "knee" on >> the film captures but its going to be >> impossible to undo the clipping on >> the digital capture when the dynamic >> range of the scene exceeds the digital system's >> (sensor) recording capability. >> jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of graywolf >> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:21 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: The "Film Look" >> >> >> Luckily we can adjust that in Photoshop. It does help some. >> >> >> J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> > But the "look" is similar. I forgot to >> > post that in either of these cases >> > the film grain is NOT an issue. Its more >> > the tonal range captured and the look >> > of the extreme highlights. Film captures >> > more but the curves are not straight, >> > there is a knee on the hightlights. Whereas >> > digital can't capture as much range but there >> > isnt a knee, its straight right up to >> > the point of clipping... >> > jco >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > >> > Of Jack Davis >> > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:15 PM >> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > Subject: RE: The "Film Look" >> > >> > >> > I've had the same experience. Stills, by their nature, may lend >> > themselves to more scrutiny. >> > >> > Jack >> > --- "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >> My interpretation of the "film look" is like >> >> watching a high quality movie ( 70mm print ) >> >> vs. a high defintion live video broadcast >> >> ( more like the "digital" look ). >> >> jco >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________________ >> > __ >> > __ >> > ____________ >> > Do you Yahoo!? >> > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. >> > http://new.mail.yahoo.com >> > >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net