Happy on digital II
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 8:56:32 AM
This is a portrait I've done on digital and Kodak Portra 160VC at the same time. Kodak film was medium format inside a Mamiya 645 camera with 80 mm lens while Canon EOS 5D mkII had an equvalent 50 mm Sigma 1.4 lens. Both cameras used the same settings and yet what I get is fairly different. In case of digital I used "Sunny" setting for white balance. I did some color correction work on digital (removed a lot of the reds and adjusted the levels), while on film only removed traces of dust.
Yet film remains superior. The amount of detail both in shadow and in highlighted area is amazing. If it only wasn't so expensive.
Yet film remains superior. The amount of detail both in shadow and in highlighted area is amazing. If it only wasn't so expensive.


Unregistered user # Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:25:55 AM
Nikio # Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:44:04 AM
Shaunak DeShaunak # Tuesday, November 10, 2009 3:48:35 PM
I am seriously considering buying a Film SLR [The Nikon FM10] to learn photography the right way.
Unregistered user # Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:37:01 PM
Nikio # Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:19:41 PM
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Nikio # Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:39:04 PM
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Shaunak DeShaunak # Thursday, November 12, 2009 3:56:50 PM
Local stores dont stock good film here anymore. Slide film is only sold downtown at the whole sellers. Camera stores only stock the basic Kodak 400 print film.
Nikio # Thursday, November 12, 2009 5:46:00 PM
Unregistered user # Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:44:04 PM