camera comparisons digital slr
When will (has it already) the quality (and what are valid methods for comparison) of digi’s surpass SLR’s?
I’m thinking that the quality of digital cameras-the more recent ones, that is-are so amazing that they’ve possibly reached the point at which they’re ‘better’ than the regular 35mm (or similar types) film-based cameras.
Of course, ‘better’ means many different qualities and capabilities in this context. Just by the Mega-Pixel rating, is it really possible to say “OK, then camera A will *record* superior images in comparison to camera B.”? I’d like to disregard photo paper, developing chemicals, pixels, printers, and the like.
If the ‘digitals’ haven’t surpassed the film cameras, seeing as how it is not possible for film cameras to ‘improve’, when should this point come?
In the high ISO range, DLSR’s surpassed film a while ago, both in maximum ISO and in quality. When you compare the noise of a image file shot at 3200 ISO with 3200 ISO film the digital image is much better AND the digital file is in colour. Now of course this is comparing 35 mm film to DSLR’s that do not include medium format cameras.
Of course a 4×5 view camera will out perform a DSLR in image quality, but certainly not in ease of use.
Where digital cameras have difficulty is in the “art arena”. Most collectors want the image shot by the artist, processed and printed by the photographer AND it has to be archival. This usually means black and white prints on fiber based paper or Ilfochrome (Cibachrome) colour prints … hand printed and processed by the artist. That means NO inkjet prints … at least for now.
Nikon SLR vs Compact cameras
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