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eeyore_nl
Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 837 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:51 am Post subject: Benefits of color negative film? |
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eeyore_nl wrote:
Your opinions please
I fully understand the benefits of B&W films and prints, and of slide films. But would there be a benefit (apart from the nostalgia factor) of working with color negative film, compared to digital?
Especially since (in most cases) the color negative film is processed in a lab somewhere, and you have the digital workroom in your own hands? |
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poilu
Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 10469 Location: Greece
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:55 am Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
negative is better than digital
if you have a crop dslr, negative is the only way to use your wide lens
sensors have problem with wide angle, they don't see light coming at angle; the result is vigneting and awful border
the second problem is the sensor filter who eat all small details, textures are washed out and everything look like plastic
another problem with new generation sensor is hardware noise filter that cannot be disabled, this is the price to pay to the 25000 iso and more
unfortunately digital labs also use heavy noise filter and results are even worse than digital
it cost good scanners and time to get good negative quality, but it is much better than digital |
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hexi
Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Posts: 1631 Location: France
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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hexi wrote:
You can develop/print films home, with equal results as a lab used to do, its quite simple. The main advantage is in terms of large prints or slides, the colors are better, and in terms of costs its cheaper than a "digital lab" including camera + a decent A2/A3 printer + ink and paper.
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visualopsins
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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visualopsins wrote:
Negative film gives more exposure latitude to correct during developing if necessary -- there is more low-lovel light information available on negative film that can be brought out, more detail available in darker portions of image than on digital. Digital stops are different than film stop. In dimest digital stop only two colors are available, in next digital stop only 4 colors, etc., while film captures all the colors at all the stops. _________________ ☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮ like attracts like! ☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮
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eeyore_nl
Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 837 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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eeyore_nl wrote:
hexi wrote: |
You can develop/print films home, with equal results as a lab used to do, its quite simple. The main advantage is in terms of large prints or slides, the colors are better, and in terms of costs its cheaper than a "digital lab" including camera + a decent A2/A3 printer + ink and paper.
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True, but with already one room short, a darkroom (or even a corner of a room) is not going to appear soon. |
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