You mean "difference from 35mm film", right? JCO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----Original Message----- From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Screw mount Pentax Values i've been rezing up most of my selects from my digital cameras, first the Nikon Coolpix 5000 and then *istD, since last summer when i bought FocusFixer. it's the first sharpening tool i have used that works that way i know sharpening can be done. i regularly double the image dimensions and sharpen files from both cameras. the result isn't as sharp as shooting directly at that size, but it's certainly around what i would expect from a 10-12 megapixel camera with a little more noise. it leaves me with Photoshop files larger than 50 megabytes. at sizes up to 11x14 and 12x18, there is an easy to ***tell difference from film*** only when looking up close at the detail and the aabsence of film grain. from normal viewing distance, it's really hard to tell. Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:04 AM Subject: Re: Screw mount Pentax Values > I have some large format equipment, but I rarely use it. As I spend > more of my time shooting stock and magazine work, I find that I'm > moving more and more to practical solutions. The turning point was when > a very successful part time pro told me, "You have to decide if you're > a fondler or a shooter." I guess for now at least, I'm a shooter. By > the way the same local pro showed me that in many cases it was possible > to res up the digital images to get the high quality 40 meg files that > the stock house requires. That convinced me that digital was a good > solution for some of the things I shoot. Of course 6x7 is still > required in some cases. I'll have to experiment with the digital for a > while to see where I can use it and where I can't.
