Digital BW, The Print

Are you aware that Nikon have announced a new Nikon body D70 to be 
released in Spring. There is info on www.dpreview.com I am also a Nikon 
user and am following the discussion with interest. Currently I have a 
Sony 717 which has exceeded all my expectations.
Trish
On Sunday, December 28, 2003, at 04:30 PM, Val Brunell wrote:

> This is not meant to start a digital vs film war. I think we all
> know there are some places where digital works fine and places where
> it doesn't, but digital is getting better all the time. Also, I did
> not find anything useful by doing an archive search on this subject,
> so here goes...
>
> As I do a lot of B&W landscapes I have not made the switch to
> digital capture. I have been scanning 6x7 negatives to maximize
> print quality for 8x10 and 11x14 and use the 1280 w/PT Sellenium
> inks. I've been happy with the output. Needless to say, I would
> love ditch the film processing step, but assume that I would notice
> a significant difference in the output if I went to 35mm digital
> capture for this type of work.
>
> However, for my smaller B&W 35mm work, like street work, that I
> would produce as 5x7 (or possibly 8X10), I have been thinking about
> a Nikon D100 (as I have Nikon lenses).
>
> I would like some input before droping the money on a D100 body!
>
> Questions:
>
> 1.) Has anyone on this forum compared the piezo "small print"
> quality from 35mm/6+ mp digital versus 100 and 400 ASA film scanned
> at 4000 dpi? At 5x7, is there noticable/significant quality
> differences in the resulting print?
>
> 2.) Assuming there are folks on this list that are using the
> 35mm/6+ mp cameras...what is your overall satisfaction level with
> this tool matched with the piezo system?
>
> Thanks...Val
>
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