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Digtal and film compared
I experimented with interiors in natural light, with a Nkon D40, and an old Pentax SP. The first pic shows the digital, exposure 2.5" at f/8, using the 18-55mm zoom. The secaond pic is the Pentax, the exposure I guessed by bracketing form 1" to about 8", at f/8. the lens is the fixed Asahi 55mm f/1.8, so field of view narrowed. Film, Fuji ISO200. These pics have only been slightly retouched: the small flares in the top corners of the 1st pic were from two large sunlit windows just out of frame. There are some colour variations, but generally I'm satisfied with these, and I've made test A4 prints from the originals, which are quite acceptable. I felt that the film camera exposure could have been better bracketted using a stop-watch, I just used my wrist-watch. Having used film for about 40 years, I'm very interested to pick this up again.
[third pic is the Old Faithful, still going strong!]:wink
- IanB.
'The important thing is not the camera, but the eye.'
-- Alfred Eisenstaedt, (1898-1995).
'The important thing is not the camera, but the eye.'
-- Alfred Eisenstaedt, (1898-1995).
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