photogdave
Shops local
Dave,
Here is a recent example of mine that was shot with film and that I believe could not be made with digital. Unfortunately I did not try and capture it digitally at the same time for a direct comparison.
The shot as it appears is exactly how I envisoned it as I brough the camera up to my eye. The negative looks entirely different because I exposed for the grey area behind the head. I scanned for the midtones on my Minotla scanner and opened two files in photoshop. I adjusted the exposure of one so the sign, which seems to have no detail on the neg, no has lots of detail. I adjusted the other so the head, which was properly exposed to see all the details of the face, became a silouette.
This was shot on Neopan 1600. I don't believe any digital camera (except MAYBE the Fuji S5 Pro) has this kind of exposure latitude.
Although this was mostly a digital process, I'm sure even better results would come out of the darkroom.
Dave
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=58008&ppuser=3291
Here is a recent example of mine that was shot with film and that I believe could not be made with digital. Unfortunately I did not try and capture it digitally at the same time for a direct comparison.
The shot as it appears is exactly how I envisoned it as I brough the camera up to my eye. The negative looks entirely different because I exposed for the grey area behind the head. I scanned for the midtones on my Minotla scanner and opened two files in photoshop. I adjusted the exposure of one so the sign, which seems to have no detail on the neg, no has lots of detail. I adjusted the other so the head, which was properly exposed to see all the details of the face, became a silouette.
This was shot on Neopan 1600. I don't believe any digital camera (except MAYBE the Fuji S5 Pro) has this kind of exposure latitude.
Although this was mostly a digital process, I'm sure even better results would come out of the darkroom.
Dave
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=58008&ppuser=3291
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VinceC
Veteran
So the digital is set-up to record gamma waves?
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Looks like you've got a 10000000000000000000.5 crop factor on that film camera you used for that shot of the Galaxy, Brian. Lemme guess: Xenon lens? 
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
And I thought the pun was perfect.
Dream lens, eh? Hmm.
Dream lens, eh? Hmm.