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RE: [Digital BW] Shooting Digitally

2002-01-16 by Austin Franklin

> I am planning to shoot with my Canon D-30, which will give me a
> 8-bit,
> 17 meg file if I save it as a raw file in the camera.   If needed, I
> will use Genuine Fractals to interpolate the file size up.  Does any
> one see a problem with this approach?

Just understand that interpolation can not make up detail where there was
none in the original file.

> Does any one shoot digitally or are most people still shooting film?

I shoot both.

> How does a digital image compare to a scanned neg. in print quality?

For up to 5x7, a good digital works fine...but beyond that I prefer film.  I
also only shoot color with digital, and find B&W film far better.

>  Is Genuine Fractals the best  way interpolate a digital file?

Certainly is one of the best ways out there IMO.

Austin

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