Which means that he threw away most of the advantages of 4x5 and most of it's
information for only a 2-page spread that 35mm, high-end digital, or MF would
do great on.
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>Subject: [OM] Re: Oly E-1 and SLR image quality
> From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:19:47 -0700
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>From: Stephen Scharf <scharfsj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>What was compared were two shots made by a respected working pro in a studio
>>for a 2 page catalog spread.
>>
>> >I don't believe it. I have not read the article, but I'm certain there is
>> >some caveat or condition in there...
>
>Okay, I stand by my statement! I was being a bit facetious in my conditions,
>but it appears the caveat was "for a 2 page catalog spread." I have no problem
>with that. I DO have a problem with folks saying it's unconditionally better.
>I guarantee that if you blow both of them up to 50"x70" and look at them from
>six inches, there will be a BIG difference!
>
>I don't know why all the digital advocates are so defensive! There is simply
>more information present in a quality 4x5 than there is in ANY digicam image!
>I'm NOT saying you can't do good work with a digicam! I'm NOT saying you can't
>make money with a digicam! I'm NOT saying that, for a particular application,
>a digicam isn't as good as 4x5! I'm not even saying that digital won't catch
>up in a few years! So please stop saying the two are equal today, which they
>are NOT!
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