RE: [APML] Film: Begining of the End?

[Kirk Carbo <kcarbo@lobosservices.com>]

I hate to admit it, but the digital
files
just barely edge out the scans.  Even upsampling at more than 3x
original size,
the digital image still has that "critical" sharpness.  Can someone
explain
this?  Same lenses used for the tests, by the way, so optics aren't an
issue.

  A digital print from a digital camera file is a first generation copy.  A
digital print from a scanned negative
is a second generation copy.  A negative printed in this manner has some
loss in quality.  The reverse of this example would be to take your digital
file from the digital camera and have a negative made for traditional
printing in a wet dark room.  The print would not be as good as the print
you made directly from the digital file to a digital printer.  A fairer
comparison of digital to film would be to print the 6x7 negative the old
fashioned way on an enlarger.  I scan negatives because the digital dark
room is easier, less time consuming, and offers more flexibility than the
wet darkroom.  All of the camera stores in my area have digital labs now.
They are scanning the negatives and using digital printers, so traditional
printing is no longer available in most places.

Kirk Carbo
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