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Film Vs Digital: Matching

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 The Film Look A pretty straight forward editing "Challenge" were on the occasion which I have used both a film and a digital camera to take nearly the same image. The Digital Image is edited to look as similar as reasonably (You can always put more time finely tweaking to keep reducing differences) possible like the film image.  This will be an ongoing series as more examples are generated. Samples Conclusion There isn't much to say. This isn't really asking a question. But gives a look at the character of film, and what digital can offer.

Film Photography & being mindful of Scanning

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(Note: I am giving Medium a try as I find the layouts look nice. It's here ) Film often gets the short sell. Digital came onto the scene and it no longer made sense for the vast majority of photographers and snapshot shooters to keep buying rolls. But often I observe digital shooters taking cheap shots at the medium. They mistake soft scans for a soft medium. And while the nature of film inherently lacks the sterile clarity of digital, much of that softness comes from a different source. Which is why I wanted to attempt a visualization the impact scanning can have. But before that comparison we need to understand that the resolution of a camera or a scanner are not all created equal. The Resolution in MP(megapixels) or dpi(dots per inch) listed on the box often isn’t a literal translation to what is resolved (the fine detail we can see).  Shooting digital it’s very easy to take this distinction for granted but it still applies. Am image from a 24MP camera might onl...