On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:43:22AM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > Nobody is posting this morning and so I'm bored to tears. (Actually, I > am never bored. I find boredom to be the sign of a mind lacking brain > cells.) > > So here is a well thought-out blog post that anyone who enjoys STREET > PHOTOGRAPHY will get a kick out of. And if you want to read some > arguments for why Film is Not Yet Dead (it just smells funny), you'll > also find 'em here. Enjoy! > > http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2012/04/22/why-digital-is-dead-for-me-in-street-photography/
If hipness could kill, he'd be in the ICU. Seriously though, there is a lot that you can learn from shooting film, though most of it could be applied to shooting with a digital camera. There is nothing preventing you from taking care to set up each photo with digital, and then move on after it has been taken. He talks about the dynamic range of film, and to my surprise Tri-X might exceed the dynamic range of the K-5 at ASA 400 http://www.dantestella.com/technical/dynamic.html Item Numeric Stops of range in subject Polaroid Sprintscan 120 scanner 3.9d Depends on the film being scanned. Tmax 400 film (0.58 CI) 3.4d 19.5 stops Tmax 100 film (0.58 CI) 3.0d 17 stops Tri-X 35mm film (0.58 CI) 2.4d 13.5 stops Kodak DCS Pro 14n digital 69dB 11.5 stops Fuji Finepix S3 digital camera -- 10 stops (estimated) Tri-X 35mm film (0.75 CI) 2.4d 10.5 stops Nikon D2x digital camera -- 9.5 stops (measured) Typical LCD display 500:1 9 stops Kodachrome 25, 64, 200 (1.4 gamma) 3.7d 8 stops Ektachrome 100 (1.4 gamma) 3.4d 7.5 stops Human eye (no iris change) 150:1 7 stops I will say that the kinesthetic experience of using a film camera is different than that of using a digital. In comparison, most digital cameras feel nearly disposable. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
