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    Dave Luttmann posted a gallery image in Landscape

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    I didn’t realize until now that Ron Mowrey passed away this last February.
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    Same map. Digital missed it. Sorry...but everything I said is correct. 12mp is not enough
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    The The blue river in Nigeria is missing on the digital sot...so no...it clearly CANNOT pull that detail out. And as I said, the film images are unsharpened....the issue here was resolution...not acutance. The film clearly resolves more than 12 mp as it is giving the 18 a run for its money. That was the point. I boosted the contrast of the film image and here it is clearer the resolving power between the two is basically the same. Thus, 12 mp being sufficient is incorrect.
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    did tech pan and Velvia way back. The 18mp was processed normally. The fil. Had no contrast or sharpening applied. The film was basically identical to 18mp...so yes, better than 12 mp just like I said. Look at the map section of Nigeria where the Velvia showed the blue river....but the digital sensor didn’t pick that up...lost in Bayer interpolation. I obtained the same results with Astia 100F, Provia, Ektachrome, etc. 12mp is not enough for fine grained 35mm film.
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    I used to own a D700. The resolution is below that of fine grained 35mm films. That is to be expected with just 12mp. Scanning on a Nikon 5000, I found my Astia 100F and films like it came in around 18mp and matched and sometimes exceeded my 18mp Canon 7D. Another issue of course with b&w films is that a 12mp DSLR with a Bayer interpolated image is even less than a real 12mp mono image.
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    I did it a lot with hyper sensitized Kodak PPF400 in 35mm format. Two stacked Negs reduced grain somewhat. Both hypered film and Cold camera film.
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    I used an FE2 and FA for years. Great workhorses. More recently I have stuck with the F100 and multiple F5 bodies. To me, the F5 was the best ever made. That said, if I was looking at going back...FE2 all the way.
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    Portra 160 is very forgiving. You will be just fine either leaving it, or requesting a 1/2 stop push at most. I often rate Ektar 100 at 400 or 800 and push 1.5 to 2.5 stops.
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    As the water on the sand is reflecting skylight...it should be blue...and is thus more accurate.
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    The OVF does not actually show what you get...especially if the lens is wide open at f/1.4 for example. Won't show you exposure compensation either. As to being redundant..that is up to personal opinion...and as such what is nonsense for you may be factual for him.
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    The rain in Victoria finally stopped. My wife and I had a great hike exploring the region around Sitting Lady Falls. All done with my iPhone XR.
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    Why? Because different films have different looks. Why would anyone want a slower film than TMax with grain not as fine? Because the grain and look of the film is different than TMax. Why would I want consistent results when I am shooting different subject matter? We choose different films to create the vision we want. I can think of nothing more boring for b&w as someone's always using TMax with the excuse of wanting "consistent" results.
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    Apparently, the Emperor of the US does not wish it to be recorded.
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    Thanks Bill. That goes along with how Bruce Barnbaum worked with the films as well. Pretty obvious film excels in this regard in a way no current DSLR can. Not sure why this becomes such a contentious topic when the evidence has been around for decades and many of us actually do it.
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    Based on the increasing number of samples, the film looks pretty good. Iso 80 does seem valid. Can’t wait for my order to arrive
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    The samples I am seeing coming from various sources using various developers are about what I expect until people work the bugs out. I had to do the same with Ferania P30. Some shots show high contrast...others show medium. I have some coming to review myself. I was also doing a test with Kodak P3200 at 6400 and 12,800 for street photography.
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    I learned about processing various b&w films when large DR is needed from a workshop with Bruce Barnbaum. He spoke at length on the topic when we discussed how he captured a range of 15-16 stops when photographing in Antelope Canyon back in the 80's and 90's. Issues where how to meter and expose the film...and then process to capture the range. One is definitely not limited by lens flare, etc in this regard. His work, experience, and final output where proof of that.
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    You do realize scanners can scan in 16 bit and higher with other color spaces than sRGB and output to better file type than JPG...thus invalidating everything you just said. You may want to read up more on the hybrid workflow...because what you wrote is woefully shallow on the topic.
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    18 stops
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    Portra 400 and TMax. Even with Kodak P3200 and TMax developer at a rating of 3200, it is easy to get between 10-11 stops. A number of us where in on a test at th Large Format photography forum years ago and we did TMax film in TMax developer and achieved between 17 and 18 stops of range. For me though, I use different films because of the look.
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    No current DSLR has a dynamic range over about 9-10 stops at iso 1000. Show me a DSLR that has 18 stops like some film can achieve. Nothing wrong with scanning film with a quality scanner. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at someone trying to create a b&w image with a Bayer interpolated color sensor that throws away a lot of rez for b&w. See...works both ways. For someone that talks about digital being better all the time...you sure appear on the film forum a lot.
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    Doesn't really matter if you are convinced or not. That facts are that Kodak has seen growth over the last five years that has doubled still film production. That is a fact and not open to opinion. The demand for E100 was actually larger than anticipated...which resulted in the quicker than planned reintroduction of E100 in 120 format. I'm not sure where you are getting your sales volume opinion...but you are completely wrong. https://kosmofoto.com/2020/01/eastman-kodaks-still-film-production-more-than-doubled-in-the-last-four-years/
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