Digital BW, The Print

On Jun 9, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Eric Neilsen wrote:

> Please don't take this the wrong way, but YOU are really the only  
> person
> here that can answer that for you. Get your ass of the sofa, shoot  
> some B&W,
> your choice but the bigger the grain , the harder your scanning  
> life, shoot
> some color like porta, or velvia, and get the stuff scanned. You  
> will of
> course be at the mercy of the scan operator so deal with it. Or  
> better yet,
> learn to scan it yourself.
>
>
>
> There are just so many issues to address that separately they don't  
> mean
> much and together is really your job. There have been some ok  
> suggestions,
> but it will come down to what do you NORAMLLY do, what are you BEST  
> at, and
> WHAT do you really want to accomplish?
>
>
>
>  We are all long past the days of handing your film off to the lab and
> expecting "a" result. Printers, inks, papers, cameras, etc have  
> changed so
> often that what is written today is at a best guess tomorrow.
>
>
>
> If it were me, I'd buck up and take both digital and film. Coverage  
> man!
> Make sure you have something reliable with you that doesn't run out  
> of juice
> or hutspha (sp).
>
>
>
> Eric
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> Eric Neilsen Photography
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> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of  
> Paul D.
> DeRocco
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 5:39 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] choices
>
>
>
>> From: TFielder
>>
>> I'm heading out to Utah this weekend and to the Sierra's next month.
>> I understand that film scans may likely result in better data files
>> for printing. I have a Canon 20D; Nikon 35 mm film and a medium
>> format film camera. My question is, should I shoot the 35 mm and get
>> high resolution scans or shoot with the median format? After
>> scanning, will the medium format platform out-perform the data I can
>> get from the 35 mm sufficient to offset the additional effort?
>
> For landscapes, you can also shoot multiple images with the 20D and  
> stitch
> them together, to get any resolution you want. Bit of a learning  
> curve, but
> the results are stunning. And you don't pay for all that film and
> processing.
>
> --
>
> Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul mailto:pderocco@ix. <mailto:pderocco%40ix.netcom.com> netcom.com
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