Digital BW, The Print

On 8/26/05 11:19 AM, "kenstrain2000" <kenstrain2000@...> wrote:


> The difference is that now I have very much more depth of field for a
> given image quality, no struggles with scanning and no dust spots (wow
> yes!). 

Unless you never change lenses or have dedicated bodies for each lens
dust on CCDs can be, in my experience, just as bad, if not worse, than film.
The same dust pattern on a CCD will be on ALL files.

> And, mainly, *much better prints* (but I don't print 40x60).
> The quality issue is fundamental - sensors are many times more
> sensitive to light than any film, in some styles of photography this
> matters, in others it matters not at all.

Sensor sensitivity is only part of the equation. Contrast and exposure
latitude and tonal scale and palette of a given recording medium are, I
think, more important. Similar to the difference between cinema and video.


Rick 

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