Film vs Digital (in a nutshell) http://www.shoeboxblog.com/?p=32912
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > 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. -- "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter Galassi -- 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.
