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Rumors are common as to what Canon and Sony are going to offer this fall in the same or better quality and price range as the D700, like 20 MP Full frame, and of course the promise of Zeiss glass for the Sony.
My trusted Tech friend and photographer is of the opinion digital is now close to the abilities of the resolution of the lenses attached.
I have been of a mind that since most good eyes often could tell the difference between MF and smaller formats in prints 11x14 and larger, coupled with the amount of information in all negatives 35mm and larger, relative to the amount of information captured by digital cameras, it leads me to conclude it would take lots more megapixels to create the quality print I would like to produce.
There came a time when I rarely shot in MF, instead carrying several RF's with good prime Leitz or Zeiss glass, hand printing, coupled with at least a perceived improvement in films, I felt I could make 11x14 prints to a sufficient quality that the image was always the most important aspect of the print.
There certainly was a day, not in the too distant past, when you could walk in the door of any exhibition, and spot the short falls of any large digital prints.
But, then, in the general population, what percentage of people have encountered a fine image to even compare? I know 98% of the people at that exhibition did not notice the poster like quality of the prints. Composition and subjects were as good as it gets, but I did hear the photographer wonder if he should have used film, and my colleague and I had looked at each other at the door and said "digital". Things have progressed.
I posted a few images, and while some are very strong first hand, they are not translated digitally near to the quality of the original. OTOH, I suppose some look better, with their short falls hidden in the media?
The number of people exposed first hand to fine prints is not going to go up, unless digital can produce them?
Two weeks ago, I was scanning some 11x14 prints for reproduction for a friend, and the uncompressed files were 70-250 mp at 600 dpi.
Suppose the day is approaching when a digital image will equal a silver image, lots of people say so. I am waiting for Roger's opinion though.
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Sorry for the long post, but I figure people read quickly on this forum.
Regards, John
