Digital BW, The Print

The Casio was the *first* 3Mp camera in the market with a high quality
*bright* f2.0 *Canon* lens using a *Sony* CCD. Both the rival 3Mp models
(at that time) of Nikon and Canon were using the same CCD (Casio - Canon
same lens, Nikon inferior lens). No one can convince me to buy a Contax
digicam for that price! I'm very comfortable being at the film side for
the moment. If they release a 20Mp Foveon chipped full frame digital
camera with interchangeable lenses capable of at least 4fps w/min.12
frame buffer then I may return to digital. I may exclude the 4fps
stipulation for a rangefinder...

Better to end this topic; it's very clear that we're talking on
different things and going nowhere...

Loris.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Olson [mailto:jerryolson@...] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:50 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Hi I have a few questions
> 
> 
> Lois, casio is NOT the camera you buy if you want a quality 
> camera. Stick with Nikon, Canon, Contax, etc.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> Loris Medici wrote:
> > 
> > That's a pro SLR... not a consumer/prosumer grade product.
> > 
> > I personally favour grain in mono work; I like the texture, 
> look and 
> > feel it adds to the image. I frequently find myself artificially 
> > adding grain/noise to the image in Photoshop  - I gues I'm a grain 
> > addict (it depends on the image of course)... Despite being 
> this way; 
> > I just can't bear the too orderly, patterned, non natural 
> look of the 
> > noise in most digital cameras (inspect the sky in most images and 
> > you'll understand what I mean). This was the main reason 
> that lead me 
> > to sell my 3Mp digital camera (Casio QV3000) just a couple 
> of months 
> > later (this was 2 years ago)...
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Loris.
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jerry Olson [mailto:jerryolson@...]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 6:39 PM
> > > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Hi I have a few questions
> > >
> > >
> > > Lois, I have the Canon D60, with a CMOS chip.  Absolutely 
> no grain, 
> > > no noise, until you get above ISO 400.
> > >
> > > Jerry