Comparison time - which is which

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Comparison time - which is which

Postby PiroStitch on Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:08 am

From a discussion a few weeks ago, I decided to take a few shots using both digital and film. Granted it's not the most scientific or the most accurate since all images have been resized and compressed a lot from the original.

Below are a few photos for comparison. Pretty sure I've stripped the EXIF data from each image so no cheating :)

The film I used was Kodak 400 Tri-X and all conversions were made to mimic Tri-X.

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Re: Comparison time - which is which

Postby biggerry on Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:36 am

a bit unfair since your digital stuff probably emulates film stuff pretty closely.

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Re: Comparison time - which is which

Postby Reschsmooth on Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:50 am

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film
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Re: Comparison time - which is which

Postby Matt. K on Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:36 pm

It's pretty tough to call from such small examples but my guess would be:
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Comparison time - which is which

Postby chrisk on Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:09 pm

I would be guessing so there's no point me answering really. the only one I would say I'd be relatively confident on is that #2 would be digital. I'd be more interested in some test shots of the same subjects in the same conditions.
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Re: Comparison time - which is which

Postby PiroStitch on Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:37 am

Sorry haven't had the time to do much over the past week or so.

Only number 5 and 6 were film, the rest were digital.

As requested, the following are from the same camera, subject and conditions but different mediums and formats (6x6 vs 645).

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Re: Comparison time - which is which

Postby zafra52 on Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:46 pm

I think you are proving the point loud
and clear. A good photograph is a good
photograph irrespective of the media.
Where the difference may become more
obvious is comparing the prints.
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