"ray" <ray@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:00:36 -0400, jimkramer wrote:
>
>> "Roy Jose Lorr" <kenthz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:jsidnXW_BM6HIHvanZ2dnUVZ_oCvnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Pumper Hinkle wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am an amateur and I've been shooting with an SLR for over 40 years.
>>>> In that time I have picked up some sense of good photographic
>>>> techniques. I use photography to illustrate techniques and do***ent
>>>> processes as well as the usual snapshots of family and friends.
>>>>
>>>> When my trusty old Spotmatic died from severe trauma, and couldn't be
>>>> repaired, I didn't know quite where to turn next. I ended up
getting
>>>> a Nikon N-80 to see if I wanted to go Nikon. That led to Nikon
>>>> accessories such as lenses and flashes and eventually an FM3a (which
I
>>>> dearly love but now rarely use). Then I picked up a D-100. At
>>>> first I bounced between film and digital but now I only use the
>>>> digital and am beginning to covet an upgrade to the D300 and I don't
>>>> anticipate ever shooting film again.
>>>>
>>>> At this point I think it would probably be wise of me to sell off my
>>>> film cameras for whatever I can get and use that towards the D300 and
>>>> an SB800.
>>>>
>>>> So, For those of you who have abandoned film in favor of the chip,
>>>> and have gotten rid of their film cameras, what regrets do you have?
>>>> If any?
>>>
>>> If quality of image is not a consideration go strictly digital. It is
>>> more convenient and less costly.
>>
>> Unless the OP is shooting MF, a 6MP DSLR is going to produce equal or
>> better images then most commonly available (consumer) 35mm films.
Where
>> this is not the case is very fine grained slow silver B&W print films
>> and the better, i.e. more expensive, slide films. At 10-12 MP It's
>> pretty much a dead heat.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Right. I'd like to see a 3x4 foot print from a 6mp camera!!
Ok, I'll bite. What 35mm film did you use to get a 3x4 foot print? How
was
it printed? Why wasn't it a 3X5.5 foot print?
Jim
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