I have read his stuff for ages now. To me I use what I feel like using,
which is digital now. One can get down to the sub-atomic level for testing
but who cares? With both film and digital you can get "wow" prints. I find
digital a bit easier to get them as most digital raw files have far better
exposure latitude for correction them in post-processing.
In the end I like what my eye sees. I think most people get far too caught
up in this testing BS. My film 11x14s are wow and so are my digital. So
who wins? Both!!!!
-Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Pearce [mailto:bspearce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: January 31, 2003 10:12 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] the debate
"Luminous Landscape presents empirical tests that are quite compelling."
Although I respect Reichmann's committment to actual testing, I must, again,
comment on his methodology. I don't consider the test scientifically valid.
He hasn't compared film vs. digital. What he has tested compares a digital
capture against a scanned film image. This is a flawed methodology that is
repeated again and again. Reichmann and others are testing cameras against
cameras and scanners.
I don't have a horse in this race, so I really don't care about the outcome,
but I also must comment on observations made on other lists. He is using a
film camera with a longer lens, that has a reputation for mirror slap
something like a drop hammer, at a slower shutter speed. It is mounted in a
less than advantageous way (see Gary Reese's lens tests for the results of
different mountings).
I'm still not convinced that one is better than the other, just different.
I'm not even convinced that one should ever be better than the other for all
uses. I do think that Reichmann has an evangalistic need to promote digital
and Canon products, and is very good at spreading the word.
Bill Pearce
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