May 15, 2003
35mm Film Holds a Lot of Information
When I first began shooting digitally, I would shoot on film and then scan the image. I am still amazed at how much information is on a piece of 35mm film. Scanned at 5700 dpi, a file will be well over 120 MB. If scanned in 16 bit - which I prefer - a file will be twice that size. Brad Templeton has a good FAQ on the relationship between pixels and 35mm film.
Posted by Don Tracy at 03:25 PM | Comments (0)
May 13, 2003
Digital vs. Chemical Photography Techniques
If your just starting to think about the transition from film to digital photography, I'm sure you have many, many questions. Some digital vs. chemical photography techniques are exactly the same. Subject matter, lighting, composition, these things really don't change too much.
Of coarse, there are differences. To see some of the them, take a look at this Kodak site. It lists the advantages of digital photography, including using online photo services to share and distribute your digital photographs.
Posted by Don Tracy at 11:21 PM | Comments (2)
Digital Film and Compact Flash
I use IBM Type II 1GB Microdrives in my cameras. Each camera, a Kodak 760 and a Kodak 720, can hold two drives. That gives me a total of 2GB, which is roughly 155 6MG raw images on the 760 and 450 2MG raw images on the 720.
DPReview has this comparison of most of the compact flash cards on the market.
Posted by Don Tracy at 03:27 PM | Comments (0)
May 07, 2003
Film for Classics
Looking for some 127 film? Here's a site offering film and processing for 126, 127, 620 and 828 film sizes.
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Apple announces a new eMac
Apple's announcement of a new line of eMacs starting at $799 is good news for photographers. All the machines in the line have G4chips and 17" screens.
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