Digital BW, The Print

I capture digital (EOS 20D), 35mm (Olympus OM, Tri-X) and medium format
(Bronica GS1, Velvia, Scala)

 

Film is scanned using Nikon 9000

 

I'm not getting into the quality debate of Digital vs Analogue, but here are
a few observations

 

I choose the equipment for shooting based on what I'm doing usually, or even
the mood that I'm in! The Olympus is great for unobtrusive candid and street
photography, and I like the film grain. I also just like using the camera
and lenses. EOS 20D is great for stock photography and I also use it for
some studio work with flash - I don't actually "enjoy" using it though. I
often use it as a sort of Polaroid for the Bronica The Bronica still gives
for my money technically the best results even if the workflow is
complicated. I use it for reproducing artwork and find that colour
reproduction with studio flash is more faithful and somehow richer than the
Canon. I'd like to try a higher end digital capture to short circuit the
workflow, but can't quite justify the price

 

Capture software. Silverfast AI for the Nikon, Breezebrowser for image
management, Photokit sharpener for sharpening (but mostly only output
sharpening), Fred Miranda Resize Pro for upsizing if required and
Powerretouche B/W studio for black and white conversion if I need to
repurpose a colour original

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott
McLoughlin
Sent: 23 April 2005 10:31
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] What do forum folks use most for image capture?

 

I guess, I'm looking for a bit of a survey. Digital?  Scanned film?
Scanned B&W, color or chromes? What film formats? What scanner?
What B&W conversion mechanism, where applicable.

What enlargements do folks usually aim to achieve from the different
image capture modus operandi. 

I know folks here aim for fine prints, so I'm curious about what's going
on prior to editting and printing the digital image.

Thanks much.

Scott





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