On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:34:07 +0100, wildimages@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote/replied to: > >Digital resolution has not improved that much - what has changed is people's >expectation / tolerance of substandard resolution, and a growing acceptance >that what we want to look at is not real detail but a hyper-colourised over-sharpened >parody of the world. > >We live in the TV age: look at a nature program on the TV then look out >the window. Real life is all about muted colours: it's flat. Traditional >film spent too long chasing accuracy - we don't want that. We want spice! I shot a lot of different films in my time. Shot them in all kinds of light too. I never got one image from film that comes close to the realistic images I get from digital. Sorry Mr. Grump, but one day you will say 'why did I wait so long'. You want resolution? Get into medium or large format. -- Jim Davis, Nature Photography http://jimdavis.oberro.com/ Standard Poodles for fun BMW motorcycle for pleasure
