Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills, Ohio

Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills, Ohio by Dan Dister
scan from 5x7 negative

Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills, Ohio by Dan Dister
scan from 5x7 negative

Why Shoot on Film vs Digital? Part 2

If we try to match the level of enlargement between the 5x7 negative and the digital image file, the digital image starts to get pixelated and loses resolution.  Click on each detailed image to compare.

100% crop from a scanned 5x7 negative

200% crop from 20MP digital image

Why Shoot on Film vs Digital?

Most of the photos on this site were shot on film and scanned in on a flatbed scanner.  So why shoot anything on film these days, when you can just shoot it with a digital camera in less time, at lest cost?
The results speak for themselves.  Here is a comparison of a 100% crop from a 20 megapixel digital image (shot in RAW, converted to monochrome in Photoshop and sharpening applied) with a 100% crop from the scanned film image (shot on 5x7 inch sheet film) from the previous posting from Blackhand Gorge.  Click on each image and see for yourself...

100% crop from 20 MP digital image

100% crop from scanned 5x7 inch negative 

Tree and Lock, Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve

Tree growing out of the remnant of a Lock on the Ohio and Erie Canal, Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve, Ohio.

Trailer Park, Columbus, OH