I'm now considering a better MF scanner than my Epson 3200, looking for
something comparable to my Minolta 5400, which takes care of the 35mm stuff
quite nicely. I'm listening for suggtestions. I've got a fridge full of 120
film, both tranny and negative color, plus a s**tload of B&W, that I've been
neglecting, to use in pretty complete outfits of Mamiya RB67, Graflex/Graphic
6x9 Centuries, Crowns, and XLRFs, with enough lenses to buckle the knees of a
pack mule. Suddenly, somehow, digital seems to be losing its luster. And I just
found six more rolls of Kodachrome. Seems like an omen.
Digital takes the magic out of the process. Any idiot can get a decent photo
with a digital camera -- just keep shooting and chimping, then fix it later.
Film takes some expertise and smarts. I have really slowed down shooting since
going digital because I get nearly no satisfaction from a procedure that
requires so little skill and thought, no matter how good the result. It's like
fishing with dynamite or quail hunting with a flame thrower. I prefer a fly rod
and the circa 1914 Parker Sweet 16 that belonged to my grandfather for those,
and I'm getting gladder by the minute that I've still got every single bit of
my OM gear.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Bill Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
>
> > Clean 10MP? Well, in a way, yes. A FF scan is over 50MB which
> > is something like 16MP. By applying GEM during the scan and
> > then following up with a downsize (dumming down the image), the
> > image is pretty similar to that from a decent digicam of equal
> > pixel size.
> >
> > Maybe I'm getting my answer here.
> >
> > AG
> I'm with you. I am on the verge of giving up on Olympus. I'll admit that
> those new leicasonic lenses look about as interesting as any I've seen, but
> there's just no body to put them on, unless you can't buy the zoom without
> the body, which I don't want anyway. I would even consider getting the
> lenses and an E400/500 to carry myself over, but don't see the bundle broken
> anytime soon.
>
> On the other hand, I shoot a lot of 160, and I love it. As you all know, I
> 've narrowed myself down to three primary films, Plus-x, 160NC and Provia,
> and a couple of others when speed is necessary. Now that my MultiPro is back
> from the hospital, I can get a computer choking 650 meg file from a 6x6 neg
> at 16 bit, which I downsize quickly. Those scans look great.
>
> I still would like a digital, but now, I'm focused on something for general
> use that I can easily carry on and off an airplane. That changes everything.
>
> Bill Pearce
>
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