The Yashica-MAT 124G Lives!

William Graham wrote:

And lots more on what technology they are trying to push.....

Yes, but when they talk about pixel count and detail quality gained, I
think of how few of my slides can benefit from 5400 pixel per inch scans,
and why I bothered to buy a 5400 scanner. [...]

Let's - unrealistically - assume half that: 3,800 pixels (scan) vs 2,000
(HDTV).
Impossible to reproduce the same detail using "High Definition" (compared to
old fashioned) TV.
And that's compared to 35 mm format.

So why are they saying that?
New Technology = fresh markets = more money = worth pushing.
Magazines need their advertisers. So they will push anything they are asked
to.

"Q.G. de Bakker" skrev i en meddelelse
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William Graham wrote:

And lots more on what technology they are trying to push.....

Yes, but when they talk about pixel count and detail quality gained, I
think of how few of my slides can benefit from 5400 pixel per inch scans,
and why I bothered to buy a 5400 scanner. [...]

Let's - unrealistically - assume half that: 3,800 pixels (scan) vs 2,000
(HDTV).
Impossible to reproduce the same detail using "High Definition" (compared
to old fashioned) TV.
And that's compared to 35 mm format.

So why are they saying that?
New Technology = fresh markets = more money = worth pushing.
Magazines need their advertisers. So they will push anything they are
asked to.


It should be quite easy to make the test by your self......assuming you
have a HDTV
projector. Some people here may have them for viewing TV. I have only seen
images
projected using the old VGA projectors. These are very poor compared to a
projected
slide. They lack contrast caused by a poor "black level". The also lack
resolution.
"Black level" shouild be much better on the new HDTV projectors.....they
say. So it
could be interresting to see how good they are. I think that a projected
35mm slide was/were
the only area where digital could not compete.

Actually I just decided against that idea, I don't believe in the mechanics of it
and so I sold it to Mark Hama in Georgia... going to find an old Rolleicord.

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Summer Wind wrote:
An image captured with a Yashica-MAT 124G won 2nd place in Popular
Photography's August 2007 Your Best Shot. My 124G is in regular use
and it's nice to know others appreciate its capacity to capture
beautiful images.

I have a Yashica-mat LM that I bring out 1-2 times a year just for fun.
The meter no longer works, but it's in otherwise great condition.