Digital BW, The Print

From: "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@...>
Subject: RE: Re:  Canon 1Ds MK II

I'd bet most of us B&W film die-hards are just  waiting for digital to reach
the point where we can jump on the band  wagon.  I think these threads are
relevant.

Paul
_www.PaulRoark.com_ (http://www.PaulRoark.com)  
 
 
It sure is hard to beat the resolution of good glass on Tmax 100 and  
difficult to "let go." Denial is just as strong as economics in the process.  Since I 
lost my "chemical dependency" in 1999, I have never looked back. I  actually 
kept a Sinar and all the glass to use with a Dicomed scan back, so I  COULD 
still shoot film but have not yet found a need.
 
Being a vertically integrated company, Canon is setting the world on fire  
right now and I can't image needing more resolution than 16.7 native Megapixels  
in a file, since that can make a 12x18 print at 300 ppi with no 
interpolation.  The original Canon 1Ds, with 11 mpx caused many a die-hard MF film holdout 
to  make the jump, both landscape and commercial shooters. I have dubbed the 
Canon  1Ds Mk II the "MF digital back killer." I'm sure the market, in time, 
will prove  me correct. It has so far.
 
The multi-layer, masking techniques, and post process RGB filter  
equivalencies make digital capture a much more efficient proposition for B&W  output. Not 
to mention the huge array of lens choices. That is a practical  conderation, 
even for those who only count the 8.4 Megapixels of the green  channel as 
providing "true resolution" whatever that means.
 
Claude






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