On 27 July 2013 03:10, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > 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.
I nearly had to resort to a barf-bag on reading that article, he sounds like a reformed smoker or a born again... In the case of latitude on film vs digital my theory is that people are far more likely to hold back exposure to prevent burning out highlights in digital media because it's so obvious, especially when working in colour. In the case of B&W film you can burn baby burn and even at max density there is still a relatively soft transition into the normally exposed areas and of course there are no giveaway colour shifts. I'm betting that the Leica M-Monochrom would seem a lot more "film like". -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
