Is 6 megapixels enough?
T
ry making a clean, even,
smoothly toned print from a
35mm colour negative of this
shot. A print with as little grain, as
little fall-off to the corners, as con-
sistent a colour and tone across the
frame. You will find it very difficult.
A really good 35mm colour slide
may be capable of the same technical
standard in terms of absolutely
realistic colour, but unlike this digital
image which has not required a single
spot to be retouched, it will soon be
covered with dust. The Dynax 5D had
been in use for several weeks when
this shot was taken. It sensor has
never been cleaned for ‘sensor dust’
and neither has the sensor in our
Dynax 7D after one full year of use.
A picture as subtle as the back-
ground shot here would rarely even
be attempted by conventional photog-
raphers. Years of experience teaches
that pictures like this don’t work.
Using digital, they do.
This is a 6 megapixel 5D image.
The 5D auto exposure combined with
its capacity to hold highlight detail
produces just the right tone in the
swan’s feathers.
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