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At 4:55 PM -0700 10/28/12, Chris Tofu wrote: I use a mixture of digital, and film (35mm, 120, 4x5, and I'm finally ready to start 8x10) to capture my photo's. To print them I use both traditional processes (a local pro lab if colour), and an Epson R3000 printer. Additionally for my commercial fine art site, all prints are made by a Professional Lab in the Bay Area. When it comes to the lenses, I use anything from 100+ year old beaters, to state of the art Leica glass. One of my favorite lenses on my Leica is a 80 year old 50mm Summar f/2, while it lacks the perfection of the ~3 year old 50mm Summicron f/2 I have, it has more character than just about any lens I have (the Summar was also one of the cheapest lenses I own, in spite of being a Leica lens). As has been pointed out, MegaPixels is a poor judge, BUT, consider this, how many MP is in a sheet of 4"x5" or 8"x10" film, even when only scanned at 2400dpi? The best prints I've ever seen have been 8x10 contact prints made by Edward Weston. The sharpness of these prints, especially given the lenses he was using, is enough to blow ones mind! Digital *CAN NOT* touch a large format contact print done by a master of the craft! Then there is the question of Wet Plate. Wet Plate photographs done with Petzval Lenses from about 150 years ago are as a whole, the most beautiful photographs I've ever seen. This is my long term goal. My short term goal is to start producing 8x10 contact prints using a mixture of printing processes, including salt prints (basically the original process). Oh, and consider this, with a dirt cheap 35mm camera you can get a durable camera of top notch quality, that won't break your bank account if something happens to it. So they're good for when going out in unsafe areas. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Photographer | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | My flickr Photostream | | http://www.flickr.com/photos/33848088 at N03/ | | My Photography Website | | http://www.zanesphotography.com |