Cameras

[Peter Waller]

Who said film is obsolete? Dying, yes, and so it is. Kodak has announced that there will be no further research and development into many film and paper types. At amateur level film usage is clearly on the decline. Tranny material will around for some time to come but I doubt if you will be able to buy much negative stock in ten years time!

[chesters1]

ilfords going ,yes film is obselete and as camera`s improve it`l be "oh i remember those old things"in the same way as the horse and cart did and fighting with pointy sticks and trains that went puff puff,its called progression ,mind you a few diehards will keep a limited number of film producers going just as we still need thatchers and blacksmiths.

its not because digi exists that film firms complain its because they dont have the exclusive (and very lucrative) sales anymore ,theve been a monopoly for a 150 years or so ,let them collapse itl teach them to sit on their behinds pretending nothing will change

 

[ 25. August 2004, 10:11 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

[fenboy]

Crikey, Chester. You don't like film manufacturers very much, do you?

[KK]

Chris the Fish:

but what have digital films ever done for us?

Well if the images are only for internet/email use, there is no advantage whatsoever in film over digital, quality wise.

 

Computer monitors (CRT anyway) can only use a max of 72dpi resolution, and you'd be hard pushed to find a camera these days that won't do that with room to spare.

 

[ 28. August 2004, 05:40 AM: Message edited by: KK ]

[KK]

fenboy:

Peter Sharpe,

I dread to think what your mag covers look like with 5 megapixel digital images. They're just not good enough for a professional mag.

You need to get along to the gallery at http://www.birdforum.net.

 

The clarity and quality of many of those images is utterly astounding, a great many have been taken with 4mp Nikon Coolpix 4500 cameras (digiscoping camera of choice), and - having seen some of these very pictures on magazine covers - I can say without hesitation that they want for nothing, quality-wise.

 

 

IMHO...

[jeepster]

the clarity and quality of pictures i've taken with my 5mp camera are incredible on screen, and when printed at 6x4, but i'm still not sure that anything other than a D2 (pro quality digi slr) or similar will produce images good enough for a magazine cover