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I recently had a digital image printed after I
processed it in Photoshop. It was not enough contrast and there were some
stones at the bottom that were very dark. I corrected this by using the
selection tool, magic wand, and increasing the contrast of the sky and made it
darker. The stones I made lighter and increased the contrast. It looked ok on the screen and so I took it to a
processing lab to have it printed. It was awful. So I readjusted it using a gradient mask and increased
the contrast of the upper portion (sky) and darkened it, the lower portion I increased
the contrast and darkened it to make the stones black. I printed it on my Epson R285 and it is much better. However it lacks the quality I used to get with black
and white printing from mono-negative and plastika chlorobromide paper. I think
that digital still lacks the quality of film. Another ten years of development
and it will be as good as film or better. While I was in the photo-shop I looked at the cameras
they are all digital now but they still sell and print colour film. So
purchasers have to buy digital. I saw a 14 Mpix camera as well as 6, 10 and 12 Mpix
types with a scale of prices to match. I was attracted to the Canon 10 Mpix
camera but the one they are pushing is the Sony range with its 12 Mpix camera
as the one they are pushing with two zoom lenses. They put the focal length of
the lens as the type of lens and do not give any other details of the lenses.
The prices are from £249 GBP for the 6 Mpix to £549 GBP for the 12 Mpix cameras.
So you pay your money and you take your choice, they give no advice about the
one to buy. I did not recon on Sony being a photographic company
but I knew Canon and Nikon are so I’ll probably go for the Canon. I
expect most of the list members go for Nikon and the price is the same so do I
go for Nikon? It will be nice going back to a camera with
interchangeable lenses rather than the compact digital I have been using
recently, I could attempt insect photos again with an additional wide angle
lens put on the front of the long telephoto lens. I will need fixed lenses
rather than zoom lenses unless I go for a specialist macro lens. I switched to compact digital because of my heart
attack, it made me very weak, but after specialist treatment for a bad heart I’m
feeling stronger again so I can carry the DSLR and extra lenses around with me.
I have the bag now but it is very bulky, I’m thinking of getting a vest
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