Re: MF Film vs 6MP Digital--sample pics

2007-01-27 Thread Mark Cassino
Mark - I've done similar tests and without a doubt a MF scan will beat a 6 mp exposure in terms of resolution, even on a cheap scanner. But I'm not sure what the up sampling using nearest neighbor was all about. But then - I'm not sure what 'pixel peeper' means. (I used to read about

Re: MF Film vs 6MP Digital--sample pics

2007-01-24 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 23/01/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone will find fault because it isn't a proper test. I find it to be very strong anecdotal evidence though. And the differences only become more apparent when using a good dedicated film scanner to scan a shot made using a modern MF lens.

Re: MF Film vs 6MP Digital--sample pics

2007-01-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jan 24, 2007, at 6:59 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: On 23/01/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone will find fault because it isn't a proper test. I find it to be very strong anecdotal evidence though. And the differences only become more apparent when using a good

Re: MF Film vs 6MP Digital--sample pics

2007-01-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
I meant to say that I agree. A better scanner would further improve the MF results. But both of these samples are flawed because of the interpolation method chosen. In my experience, nearest neighbor does not yield good results. Paul On Jan 24, 2007, at 8:17 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On

MF Film vs 6MP Digital--sample pics

2007-01-22 Thread Mark Erickson
I pulled the original images out of my archives, did a little prep work, and put the results up for review. Here is a summary of what I did and what I got. 1) Scanned medium format workflow --Rolleiflex 3.5E (6x6 medium format) --Kodak 400 T400CN --Epson 4870 (resolution set to

Re: MF Film vs 6MP Digital--sample pics

2007-01-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Erickson Subject: MF Film vs 6MP Digital--sample pics Comments? Questions? Someone will find fault because it isn't a proper test. I find it to be very strong anecdotal evidence though. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net