Re: filmscanners: Digital Shortcomings

[derek_c@cix.co.uk (Derek Clarke)]

Nikon Coolpix digitals have manufacturer-specific flash shoes that only 
fit certain Nikon flashguns.

And rehashing film vs. digital arguments is old hat now. 

There are thousands of people making cash from digital photography, and 
they by no means are all photojournalists who must get stuff into a paper 
by the deadline.


RogerMillerPhoto@aol.com () wrote:

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> So, are you planning on using a digital camera for your glamour 
> photography?  Ouch!  I can't see how you'd be happy with the results 
> compared to what wet processing in a commercial lab can do for you.  
> Resolution is lousy and you can't get the look and feel from it that 
> wet film and paper will give.  That's very important when shooting 
> people because everyone knows what good skin tone looks like and, in my 
> opinion, no digital process (even via filmscanning) can match the 
> quality and appeal of wet chemistry slides or prints, especially with 
> skin tones.  (Others may disagree with me, but that's my story and I'm 
> sticking to it.)  Digital has its place if you need speed (news 
> photographers) or want to do compositing in Photoshop, and filmscanning 
> is far superior to a digital camera if you can afford the extra step, 
> but digital in any form ought to be the choice of last resort, in my 
> opinion.
> 
> If, on the other hand, you want to use a digital camera for proofing 
> instead of Polaroid film, then you may be on to something.  Polaroid 
> film is awful stuff for proofing (sorry Mr. Hemingway), so digital 
> should be able to compete with it very well.  
> 
> So far as using your infrared strobe with the Nikon camera, if the 
> camera has a hot shoe or a PC connector (depending on what your IR 
> strobe uses), then you should be able to use the IR strobe on the 
> camera with no problem.  Hot shoes used to have a single contact right 
> in the center, and the newer hot shoes for dedicated strobes simply 
> added some extra contacts around that center contract.  So any old 
> non-dedicated strobe should still work since it uses only the center 
> contact, but it would operate without some of the automatic features of 
> the dedicated strobes.  That assumes that the voltage on the contacts 
> of the non-dedicated strobe don't exceed the rating of the camera.  And 
> that's an issue since a lot of newer cameras can't handle more that 12 
> volts or so and most older strobes, and most current studio strobes, 
> place over 100 volts on the strobe contacts.  So, if you fry some 
> electronics because of what I told you, remember that I told you not to 
> use a digital camera in the first place!
> 
> In a message dated 6/20/2001 10:01:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> stuart@shaws2000.fsnet.co.uk writes:
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> > I am presently considering the purchase of a digital camera . I do 
> > some glamour stuff and use studio lghts  utiliising  an infr-red 
> > trigger . i had been looking st a Nikon Coolpix 995 brochure and it 
> > only mentions the use of a Speedlight ,both built in and separate . 
> > What I was wondering is if anyone has one of these  cameras or its 
> > predecessor and knows if normal external flash units can be used . I 
> > appreciate nikon trying to promote its own products but If only 
> > Speedlights can be used then it looks like Nikon are going to lose a 
> > sale .
> > regards
> > 
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