Just Outta Curiosity: Film or digital

[S8 Booster]

took these pictures this summer.
one is digital Sigma SD14 RAW original format and one is Fuji Iso 400 Colour Neg shot with a Ricoh XR2:
so which is which...

#1:


#2:


shoot..... film as long as it goes...

[Will2]

Not enough resolution to tell. But they are both digital since you scanned the film.

I'm guessing that #1 is digital because if you had a raw file you'd have more control over the contrast (and it would be flatter in general) vs. the scans that come back from the lab usually in high contrast.

[Charlie Blackfield]

I would have thought that number 2 is digital. The first picture has more colour saturation and appears to have a bit of grain (although it's hard to tell without a better resolution).

Charlie

[Wade]

Looks to me like #2 is the original film to digital hybrid, #1 is all digital....

[Scotness]

It's a shame the framing isn't exactly the same - but the shadows in the top left of Number 2 make me think it is film

Scot

[S8 Booster]

actually Will2 is spot on. the film was processed and scanned in-shop on a Fuji machine something... and the contrast is very high. for the time being I can not scan the negative "in house" but i think it woúld have come out better. than this.

Ill post some links to higher res images + some other variations here later.

Higher res aka flickr:

(1)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8455/7970 ... f12c_b.jpg

(2)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8449/7970 ... dee7_b.jpg

Scot, agree but i never intended comparison at the shoot moment but the photos were at least taken within the same hour.

Shoot....

[S8 Booster]

Some more summer pix...

Ricoh XR2, Fuji 400 Neg


Sigma SD14, Raw ++



Iphone special app:




Ricoh Compact cam, Fuji 400 neg:

[Will2]

...the film was processed and scanned in-shop on a Fuji machine something...

Probably a Fuji Frontier processing machine. They're very popular. Also in the U.S. is one of the Noritsu processing machines.

It's always best to find a local lab that you trust and can talk to and discuss what you like since negative stocks are completely at the mercy of the operator just like we're at the mercy of the colorist in motion picture transfer.

[kuparikettu]

The funny thing is, you get much better quality out of 35mm stills by buying Nikon LS-2000, introduced 1998 than by having your films scanned in a local lab.

Here's an example, shot on Kodak Portra 400 and scanned with LS-2000: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6rv0gb83t0k44kj/scan0072.jpg

Please select "Download" to see full resolution.

[Wade]

The funny thing is, you get much better quality out of 35mm stills by buying Nikon LS-2000, introduced 1998 than by having your films scanned in a local lab.

That is an excellent transfer to digital. The scanner looks a little expensive, but your sample is very good.