Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Peter De Smidt
<pdesmidt@...> wrote:
>
<snip>
> 
>  As a result, when the D200 came out, I bought one.  I figured that if 
> it really didn't work out, I could sell it for not that big of a loss.  
> Well, since I bought it, I haven't used anything else.  Reading various 
> websites, and with some experience scanning negatives, my calculations 
> indicated that I'd only be able to get decent 8x10s. These calculations 
> were wrong.  Way wrong.  With careful use, I can get 12x18 inch prints 
> that are better than anything I could get with medium format and
smaller 
> film cameras. <snip>

Hi Peter,

It was interesting to read about your experience. I have a Bronica
GS-1 6x7 cm camera and scan using a Minolta MF scanner. With recent
advances in digital cameras I have been wondering if I
would make my life easier with a digital SLR. 

One potential issue I have thought about is noise during long
exposures. Since many of my pictures are landscapes which needs to be
sharp from near to infinity I usually have to stop down quite much,
which results in long exposure times from 8 s to 1/4 s. Have you, or
other users on the list, experienced problems with excess noise during
such long exposure times?

Regards,
Anders Blomqvist, Finland