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or when they are sent over the internet?Aren't they all technically digital once you scan the film?
At my desk now.On my iPad screen, they're impossible to tell apart.
Reserve judgement until I get back to my desktop system.
With regards to what you expressed, thats why in my inital response "above", I simply stated which of the two images I preferred, which was the 1st one, without considering whether it was initially captured digitally or on film.I guessed correctly, though I readily admit that it was a guess.
I noticed that in the bottom image the hip of the model is more grainy, especially in the shadow region of the navel. At that point I guessed that the bottom image was film, but then considered that Bob may have added grain to the digital image in order to throw people. :toocool: When I read that Bob had not processed the images I committed to my original opinion.
For what it's worth, I prefer the first, digitally captured, image. The skin of the model is significantly smoother than it is in the bottom image.
Yes, it can and often quite well....but there are times when viewing similar images taken with a D800 and 40MP camera, primarily in larger prints, that differences between the two is evident. It depends of course on so many factors.What it also shows, is that 35mm dslr(D800) can hold up quite well to MF.
I agree 1000%In the Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City, OK, many years ago, I saw my first Ansel Adams prints, done by him, that actually blew me away. Wow, I have never seen BW prints to come close to those since. I can say without hesitation that I do not believe digital will ever come close to those images.
I try not to play these kinds of "gotcha" games anymore. Digital and film are classes, not particulars. Attempts to form judgments about broad groups based solely on comparisons of extremely similar individuals will always be prone to error. It might be a fun exercise and a way to trick people, but it's not really a fair exercise at all when it comes to seriously judging the differences between film and digital.But I do appreciate Bob doing this exercise, because it was interesting to see all who dared to compare got it wrong. I didn't have the nerve to express an opinion so my hat is off to those who did.
very coolI happen to have an Ansel Adams print purchased from him directly in the 1960s.
I use it for reference.