Talk:Digital versus film photography

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[edit] Fabrication

"Film images are very difficult to fabricate"

-No they aren't. It's just as easy to photoshop a digital image and then convert it to film using a high definition projector. As long as the projected pixels are smaller than the silver grains, there is no way of telling whether the film has captured a "real" or projected image.Klafubra 16:52, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, just how expensive are these high definition projectors? And are they easy to obtain and use? Those sorts of things would count as "difficult to fabricate". If it is the case, that statement should be elaborated on. --Imroy 23:15, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Issues

I think the main issue with sensor size is the degree of enlargement needed, noise is only an issue at higher ISO's, also there is the issue of hand prints, being that hand prints are likely to be more valuable than ink jets as they are literally printed by hand, they can be done digitally but then all the dodging burning can be done first in PS and is not done by hand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.68.10.42 (talkcontribs)

Just what exactly do you mean by "enlargement"? Please explain what you mean.
As for hand-made prints, that's another issue. I know that they can be much more valuable, particularly things like cyanotypes. I scan all of my film, so I know that side of the process well and it is pretty well served by lots of devices. As for digital output to proper photographic paper, I think the options are much more limited. Ilford Photo announced last year some new papers[1] that allow real silver prints to be made in Durst Lambda or Océ Lightjet digital printers. Despite all the hype around digital photography, there appears to be a genuine demand for "real" prints from digital sources, at least from the fine-art community. --Imroy 13:49, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Ill give you an example of what is meant by enlargement, with a digi P&S camera a 7x5" print is often a 25x enlargment over the size of the image that hit the sensor, with 35mm film in a compact it is only about 5x.90.242.43.22 18:19, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SNR

"With a smaller signal, the signal-to-noise ratio increases."

Is it correct? 86.104.40.65 (talk) 22:32, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Good catch. I've reworded those two sentences - hope it's correct now. --RenniePet (talk) 01:02, 22 December 2007 (UTC)