Reasons to shoot colour neg film part I ;-)
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:55 pm
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My interest in film dropped down significantly when I ist got the 5d, I almost never used the stuff. Now film is my ist choice for out and about/scenic work. I forgot how good the DR of neg film was, and how not so good it is on digital.
Not for me to convince anyone to dust off their camera, and digital is great in lots of ways, fast, no cost per shot, no scanning and hassle, but for this type of work, it's just not as good. This is a fairly neutral scan of bog standard fuji ISO 200 colour print film. One nice thing, is that with digital workflow, you can now apply the advantages of that, to your scans, want more "pop" just whack it up a bit.
Of course there are better cameras than the 5d nowadays, and technology moves on. But IMO, we are some way off the good old day of nice DR, and esp in the highlight areas. Something to think about..no need for a histogram or the lcd
My interest in film dropped down significantly when I ist got the 5d, I almost never used the stuff. Now film is my ist choice for out and about/scenic work. I forgot how good the DR of neg film was, and how not so good it is on digital.
Not for me to convince anyone to dust off their camera, and digital is great in lots of ways, fast, no cost per shot, no scanning and hassle, but for this type of work, it's just not as good. This is a fairly neutral scan of bog standard fuji ISO 200 colour print film. One nice thing, is that with digital workflow, you can now apply the advantages of that, to your scans, want more "pop" just whack it up a bit.
Of course there are better cameras than the 5d nowadays, and technology moves on. But IMO, we are some way off the good old day of nice DR, and esp in the highlight areas. Something to think about..no need for a histogram or the lcd