Re: (erielack) Kodak Kills 2 of 3 Kodachromes

["Schuyler G Larrabee" <sgl2_@_ix.netcom.com>]

> Screw them all...Go Digital  forget the film......

That's exactly why we're losing this film . . .

Dogital doesn't get to the quality of film, not yet.  The best you can get
now (for non-professional use anyhow) is about 3.1 megapixel.  To get to the
equivalent detail, digital would have to be recording at roughly 12-15
megapixel.  As a person closely (VERYCLOSELY) scrutinizing photos of steam
so I can do drawings from them, I'll tell you right now that dogital is not
ready for prime time.  There is no way that the detail can be recorded in
sufficient accuracy for the kind of research I'm trying to do.

So what, you say?  Well, here's what:  Your dogital photos first off can't
be equivalent to film in recording detail.  Second, they are recorded in a
much more transient medium than film.  I have done CAD drawings, about 12
years ago, that cannot be viewed any more - the recording media is shot, and
the equipment and software can't touch it.  Your photos are going to be
history sooner than you think.  And history is just what you're recording.
I have photos that show JUST what I want, that were taken by people "just
taking snapshots," not realizing that someday somebody would be sweating
over what they took for fun.

I know some people who work at Kodak's digital R&D location (NOT Rochester,
BTW) and they say true equivalency between film and dogital is about 4-5
years off.  And it will cost you a bunch.

SGL

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