Digital BW, The Print

Austin,

The one thing that was annoying and yet interesting was viewing screen mask
that Phase One priovides to provide feedback to the photographer. It is a
clear mask with a milky looking border that outlines the 3.7x3.7 chip area.
This stuff is getting better and better. another couple of years and it will
be a whole different ball game.

Mike


----- Original Message -----
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 6:52 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Digital vs Film ? will I be Happy????


> Hi Michael,
>
> > I hate to say it, but the H20 image was sharper, had better color
> > fidelity.
>
> I don't doubt that at all!  I believe the H20 does automatic sharpening in
> the back/software, which, of course, makes comparisons tougher...  That
back
> isn't a full frame back, it's 3.7cm x 3.7cm, which is 13.7cm sq, and film
is
> 36cm sq, so it's only covering a bit more than 1/3rd the area that film
> covers...  Did you compensate for that and compare images covering the
> "exact" same scene?
>
> But yes, color fidelity of digital backs (and stand alone digital cameras
> too) are simply amazing.  I have two Hasselblad backs, one scanning and
one
> one shot, and a Leaf Lumina...and I had a Dicomed long before...
>
> > The image was amazing.  I think the file size is 48mb or
> > something close to
> > that.
>
> That sounds right.  It's 4k x 4k and 8 bits/color...with three colors so 3
> bytes/color x 16M pixels = 48M bytes...
>
> > Detail in the digital image was as good if not better than the
> > transparancy.
>
> That I have found to not be true for decent film/development, I still get
> more detail from film...but it has to be damn good film!  The scanning
back
> gives FAR better detail than the one shot, but it really only works in the
> studio.
>
> As a side note, I've always liked the 127 size (1.5" x 1.5") like the
> Rolleiflex Baby Gray size...I good "new" camera format would be that size
> ;-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Austin
>
>
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