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| Kleinstein:
The color reproduction of films depended on the lab used and the age of the film, even if not overlay old so they show a greenish tint that the normal lab no longer correct. The chemical response is slightly nonlinear, so that the color rendering gets brightness dependent - thus this could be corrected digitally in the lab when printing the pictures. Color recording is also highly dependent on the light source - so the film / sensor is only part of the chain. So ideally one needs to adjust the color balance depending on the light and this is much easier digitally. The later digitally working labs to do the prints were quite good in adjusting the film film pictures, so they look good, even if the actual recorded picture was crap with poor light or exposure. the film negatives still showed the ugly side. In the early days of digital photography (e.g. 2000) I used a digital and chemical camera in parallel. In these days the film had some advantages, mainly with high contrast. However digital cameras have improved since than. Comparing the old prints with modern pictures they don't look all that great, though part of this could also be from better modern optics. |
| eti:
--- Quote from: 2N3055 on August 20, 2020, 06:55:59 am ---No it is not. Fact, and I don't need this to be "verified" or "confirmed". Again, this is fact, as arrogant as it may sound. Film vs digital is same kind of discussion as vinyl vs digital. Analog is not better. By any metric, including aesteathical "feel". It is so inferior, technically, that it has specific sound (or look), it is audibly (visibly) inferior. It is literally so bad you can hear the difference. It is only that people are used to hear Beatles sound as it were, and that became part of experience. All else sound wrong. That is why I generally hate remakes of songs and movies. They just seem wrong, just because they are not originals. Even when made really well. Sometimes even better. That can be heard with authors that are active for long times, like Stevie Wonder. His old recordings, and new ones have way different sound and mastering. And they all sound perfect for what they are, including newer ones that are fully digital, microphone to loudspeaker........... Old movie people are just nostalgic about film. New kids nowadays don't give a f**k about vinyl, or film.. --- End quote --- There's more to life and to enjoyment than cold, clinical metrics on paper. We're human beings not robots, and we operate and experience the emotional and spiritual realms. All the specifications and measurements in the world mean nothing if it doesn't "feel right". Film is a natural, honest process, digital is an approximated, best guess attempt to mimic it. By the way, all the pixels in the world can't even get remotely close to the clarity of film stock from 50-60 years ago. |
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