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Always disapponted by my (digital) pictures
Always disapponted by my digital pictures, I've had a 5 megapixel Pentax
Optio for a few years, but nothing ever seems to come up to the standard of my best analogue pics, taken mostly with a Pentax ME Super. When I look at my hoard, the pictures I most enjoy are without exception analogue. My digital pictures by comparison seem flat and lacking in richness. I always use the best quality digital settings, least compression etc., but nothing I've taken has the depth and richness of colour of the best analogue. Has the quality of digital improved over the past 3 or 4 years? If I upgrade my camera to something with more MP am I likely to be more satisfied? I would be grateful for any advice from you experts! Mike |
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"Mike O'Sullivan" wrote in message ... Always disapponted by my digital pictures, I've had a 5 megapixel Pentax Optio for a few years, but nothing ever seems to come up to the standard of my best analogue pics, taken mostly with a Pentax ME Super. When I look at my hoard, the pictures I most enjoy are without exception analogue. My digital pictures by comparison seem flat and lacking in richness. I always use the best quality digital settings, least compression etc., but nothing I've taken has the depth and richness of colour of the best analogue. Has the quality of digital improved over the past 3 or 4 years? If I upgrade my camera to something with more MP am I likely to be more satisfied? I would be grateful for any advice from you experts! Mike You fail to mention exactly what characteristics you don't like. Digicams with small chips tend to produce more noise--especially as the number of pixels increase. Digicams that use autofocus may not always focus as you would have done manually. Digicams have large depth-of-field--and I personally like to shoot at shallow DOF, to visually isolate the main object from its surroundings. I also like creamy bokeh--especially from Pentax (analog) lenses. Little digicams cannot produce those effects. My own solution to the problem was to get a film scanner and to continue using my Pentax gear for image capture. Once I scan the negs, I'm free to edit them digitally. And I don't get the usual problems from small digicams--like purple fringing, inability to control DOF, and no bokeh to speak of. No P&S--whether analog or digital--gives the photographer the same degree of control as a good manual camera. I suspect that you will be dissatisfied with the current generation of digital P&S cameras. Do you still have your ME Super? |
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Mike O'Sullivan wrote:
Always disapponted by my digital pictures, I've had a 5 megapixel Pentax Optio for a few years, but nothing ever seems to come up to the standard of my best analogue pics, taken mostly with a Pentax ME Super. When I look at my hoard, the pictures I most enjoy are without exception analogue. My digital pictures by comparison seem flat and lacking in richness. I always use the best quality digital settings, least compression etc., but nothing I've taken has the depth and richness of colour of the best analogue. Has the quality of digital improved over the past 3 or 4 years? If I upgrade my camera to something with more MP am I likely to be more satisfied? I would be grateful for any advice from you experts! Mike I doubt a different camera will solve your problem, which isn't to mean there aren't better models out there. Take a good look at the mass of on-line samples taken with various cameras. See if these match what you are getting. Download a few sample files and see if the print results are satisfying. I have a lot of trouble seeing significant differences between my old film and current digital shots. Dave Cohen |
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jeremy wrote:
You fail to mention exactly what characteristics you don't like. Digicams with small chips tend to produce more noise--especially as the number of pixels increase. Difficult to be specific, it's just a general dissatisfaction with a sort of uninvolving "flatness", just an imporession of a drear unexciting effect. Digicams that use autofocus may not always focus as you would have done manually. Digicams have large depth-of-field--and I personally like to shoot at shallow DOF, to visually isolate the main object from its surroundings. I also like creamy bokeh--especially from Pentax (analog) lenses. Little digicams cannot produce those effects. What about "big" digicams, such as SLR, although my days of carting around several pounds of equipment are behind me. My own solution to the problem was to get a film scanner and to continue using my Pentax gear for image capture. Once I scan the negs, I'm free to edit them digitally. And I don't get the usual problems from small digicams--like purple fringing, inability to control DOF, and no bokeh to speak of. No P&S--whether analog or digital--gives the photographer the same degree of control as a good manual camera. I suspect that you will be dissatisfied with the current generation of digital P&S cameras. Do you still have your ME Super? Yes I do, but the advantages of digital photography are obvious, such as the ability immediately to be able to discard unsuccessful images. |
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On May 3, 12:40 pm, Jim Townsend wrote:
.... Do you realize that you can edit your Pentax images to increase the brightness, contrast and saturation and that most people usually do this? Take an outdoor pic. set your camera to higher saturation and take the same pic. compare. if that doesn't do it for you, try altering other attributes. even white balance. I had the same feeling and changing saturation (MORE!) did it for me. ....thehick |
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Always disapponted by my (digital) pictures
Mike O'Sullivan wrote: Always disapponted by my digital pictures, I've had a 5 megapixel Pentax Optio for a few years, but nothing ever seems to come up to the standard of my best analogue pics, taken mostly with a Pentax ME Super. When I look at my hoard, the pictures I most enjoy are without exception analogue. My digital pictures by comparison seem flat and lacking in richness. I always use the best quality digital settings, least compression etc., but nothing I've taken has the depth and richness of colour of the best analogue. Has the quality of digital improved over the past 3 or 4 years? If I upgrade my camera to something with more MP am I likely to be more satisfied? I would be grateful for any advice from you experts! Mike Do you edit your images with a photo editor? You can control brightness, contrast, saturation sharpness etc. Also, what kind of printer, ink and paper are you using to print your pictures? All have a pronounced effect on print quality. Do you use an online company to make your prints? I notice a difference between prints from my old film camera and my digital camera. Prints from edited digital images look BETTER! Bob |
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Mike O'Sullivan wrote:
Always disapponted by my digital pictures, I've had a 5 megapixel Pentax Optio for a few years, but nothing ever seems to come up to the standard of my best analogue pics, taken mostly with a Pentax ME Super. The answer is right there... you can't expect a point&shoot to equal any SLR, because we ALL see and shoot differently (and better) thru the prism. A long time ago I sold my Leica M3 to a friend dirt cheap, and used the cash to buy an Exa, the baby Exacta SLR. As a photographer I became completely revitalized |
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"jeremy" wrote in message
news:5Xo_h.7185$dy2.1171@trndny01... My own solution to the problem was to get a film scanner and to continue using my Pentax gear for image capture. Once I scan the negs, I'm free to edit them digitally. And I don't get the usual problems from small digicams--like purple fringing, inability to control DOF, and no bokeh to speak of. It's also reassuring to look at a negative and know that the original is safe, and the scan is a good back-up if something happens to the negative. I'm now doing some digital capture as well as film and it's hard to have faith in invisible bits and bytes. Even though I do backups, I need to start making high quality prints of my digital keepers in case the files vaporize. SW |
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Bob Williams wrote:
Mike O'Sullivan wrote: Always disapponted by my digital pictures, I've had a 5 megapixel Pentax Optio for a few years, but nothing ever seems to come up to the standard of my best analogue pics, taken mostly with a Pentax ME Super. When I look at my hoard, the pictures I most enjoy are without exception analogue. My digital pictures by comparison seem flat and lacking in richness. I always use the best quality digital settings, least compression etc., but nothing I've taken has the depth and richness of colour of the best analogue. Has the quality of digital improved over the past 3 or 4 years? If I upgrade my camera to something with more MP am I likely to be more satisfied? I would be grateful for any advice from you experts! Mike Do you edit your images with a photo editor? You can control brightness, contrast, saturation sharpness etc. Well yes, I do, as somebody else pointed out editing software is available, and recently I passed my efforts through software called DCE Autoenhance, which did provide some improvement. However this seems to be an admission that the camera is deficient in some way if you always have to use third party software, when surely the camera should be better at capturing a good image in the first place. This seems to support my suspicion that digital photography is inherently inferior. Also, what kind of printer, ink and paper are you using to print your pictures? All have a pronounced effect on print quality. Do you use an online company to make your prints? I notice a difference between prints from my old film camera and my digital camera. Prints from edited digital images look BETTER! First I'm looking to improve the pictures I see on the pc screen before wasting money on printing. |
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Charles Gillen wrote:
Mike O'Sullivan wrote: Always disapponted by my digital pictures, I've had a 5 megapixel Pentax Optio for a few years, but nothing ever seems to come up to the standard of my best analogue pics, taken mostly with a Pentax ME Super. The answer is right there... you can't expect a point&shoot to equal any SLR, because we ALL see and shoot differently (and better) thru the prism. A long time ago I sold my Leica M3 to a friend dirt cheap, and used the cash to buy an Exa, the baby Exacta SLR. As a photographer I became completely revitalized So what is that, a traditional film SLR? So you're saying I'm wasting my time expecting any digital camera to equal the quality of a film camera? |
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