Which is film?, which is Digital?..oh the fun is about to begin.

12 years 2 months ago - 12 years 2 months ago #199970 by Scotty
My friend and I that shoots film awhile ago took the same shot on my tripod. One with film, one with my D3s. We wanted to see if we could see the difference.


Can you? Which is flim? which is digital?

Give reasons if you want.






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EDIT: Zenfolio was being screwy and linked the same photo the first time. Fixed. enjoy the guessing.

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12 years 2 months ago #199974 by Alex
I'm saying both shots with same camera that has some debris on sensor

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12 years 2 months ago #199975 by John Landolfi
:agree: good catch


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12 years 2 months ago #199979 by Scotty

Alex wrote: I'm saying both shots with same camera that has some debris on sensor


I uploaded the same one twice on accident...zenfolio was being weird. Updated, now there's two different ones up.


Try again!

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12 years 2 months ago #199992 by KCook
Top one is digital. 'Cuz it got the WB right. Simples really. :toocrazy:

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12 years 2 months ago - 12 years 2 months ago #199993 by icepics
Second one film, warmer tone. Although it's harder to tell with a scan, you get that bit of pixelated look to the edges (like around the nose of the plane) that you don't get with film negatives or prints.

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12 years 2 months ago #199998 by John Landolfi
:agree: with Kelly. The second one also shows considerable grain.


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12 years 2 months ago #200017 by Darrell
:agree: # one is digital, be interesting to know if on the actual film picture if the ceiling beams are grainy, or was that caused from scanning...

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12 years 2 months ago - 12 years 2 months ago #200040 by Karl Wertanen
The 2nd one does feel warmer... could be an accurate representation of the film or it could be the white balance of the software of the scanner too. Curious... What film did he use?

Is this a scan from a flatbed scanner? Through my experience, flatbed scanners tend to have a more pixelated look to the scans when it comes to grain (the grain in this one looks more square and pixelated). I'm not sure why it's that way, but that's just what I've noticed when i've had my negatives scanned with a flatbed and dedicated scanner. When using a dedicated film scanner it wont show the grain as square (pixel) looking, rather it shows the true beauty of grain. Also with a dedicated film scanner you are not shining the light source and optics through a piece of glass (like on a flatbed scanner) that defracts and dulls the image. It's the same concept of stacking filters... For sharpness, a dedicated film scanner is the way to go.

Good post
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12 years 2 months ago #200041 by crystal
first one digital
2nd one film
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12 years 2 months ago #200046 by Baydream
I looked for several minutes, made my choice, then looked at the comments. I am in agreement mainly based based on color. :cheers:

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12 years 2 months ago #200087 by Raymond II
Top one is the digital one :thumbsup:


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12 years 2 months ago #200098 by Senne 1976

Raymond II wrote: Top one is the digital one :thumbsup:


:agree: much brighter, much be digital. B)


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12 years 2 months ago #200116 by Scotty

Karl Wertanen wrote: The 2nd one does feel warmer... could be an accurate representation of the film or it could be the white balance of the software of the scanner too. Curious... What film did he use?

Is this a scan from a flatbed scanner? Through my experience, flatbed scanners tend to have a more pixelated look to the scans when it comes to grain (the grain in this one looks more square and pixelated). I'm not sure why it's that way, but that's just what I've noticed when i've had my negatives scanned with a flatbed and dedicated scanner. When using a dedicated film scanner it wont show the grain as square (pixel) looking, rather it shows the true beauty of grain. Also with a dedicated film scanner you are not shining the light source and optics through a piece of glass (like on a flatbed scanner) that defracts and dulls the image. It's the same concept of stacking filters... For sharpness, a dedicated film scanner is the way to go.

Good post


Not giving away the process used ;)

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12 years 2 months ago #200146 by rmeyer7
I'm guessing the first is digital and the second is film. The warmth of the 2nd is one thing, but the grain is what really makes me think so. At first I thought maybe it was noise from high ISO, but a D3s handles low-light and high ISO so well that it probably wouldn't create that much noise.


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