28 Oct
2012
28 Oct
'12
5:29 p.m.
On 28/10/2012 23:55, Chris Tofu wrote:
I know Im in for it asking such a question, but are there any
realistic benefits to film these days considering the expense?
Possibly two or three.
First, longevity. A properly processed and stored negative has a life
provably measured in at least tens of decades and probably several times
that, whereas you'll almost certainly have to re-write and transfer
digital images to other media and formats several times over such a
period.
Secondly, resolution. At least, medium format gives high resolution
more affordably than digital, even if you merely count pixels (which
actually is a poor measure of quality sometimes).
A third might be authenticity. It's relatively easy to see if a
negative has been altered or retouched. The flipside is of course ease
of "improvement" to digital images.
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