Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 3/23/06 3:47:36 PM, aromanocpa@... writes:


> I am getting ready to purchase a Minolta Konica scanner over
> purchasing a new digital camera because everything I have read about
> scanning a 35mm black and white negative has indicated that scanning
> has the megapixal equivalent of around 20mgpixals or above campared to
> the cameras that are out there now.
> 
> does anyone have any comments?
> 

You should buy a film camera because you like shooting film, or a digital 
camera because you prefer the immediacy of digital. The idea that you'll get more 
data from 35mm film that the current digital SLRs is pretty questionable; 
there will certainly be more pixels; what data those pixels contain is the issue, 
and its usually some mixture of noise and grain. If you are in love with film 
grain, and unhappy with digital grain or digital emulations of film grain, 
that would be a reason for shooting film as well. But if its image info, not 
film texture, that you are after, get a top end digital SLR, or a medium format 
film camera... or both.

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision, Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com


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