From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Michael Finfer"  wrote in message   
   news:mZPfw.109818$_R5.56900@fx28.iad...   
   >   
   >> On 12/1/2014 1:04 PM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>> DSLR cameras do not seem to handle to very high contrasty scenes as well   
   >>> as film did, with shadows going black or highlights washed out.  One   
   >>> must do special compensation to get good pictures from such scenes.   
   >>> Digital also seems to have less exposure lattitude than film, although   
   >>> the meters of modern digital cameras seem to be pretty accurate,   
   >>> including being 'smart' enough to realize a train's headlight is not   
   >>> part of a scene for exposure determination.   
   >   
   > There are many pros who will disagree with this.  Digital actually has a   
   > much greater ability to handle contrasty scenes, but one needs to handle   
   > the shot properly.  It has to be exposed properly.  Graduated neutral   
   > density filters, when used properly, are a great tool.  Many digital   
   > images need some tweaking on the computer to fulfill their potential.   
   > Almost all of the shots that I take get some adjustments, mostly minor,   
   > before I show them to anyone.  With about 30 seconds of work on each   
   > photo, I can have images that I am pleased with.   
   >   
   > Newer camera have HDR capability.  They take multiple exposures of a scene   
   > and combine them into a photo that could never have been made with film.   
   > I even have an app on my phone that does that.  That is probably not the   
   > best solution for a moving train, though.   
   >   
   > Michael Finfer   
   > Bridgewater, NJ   
   >   
      
   Unless you print out your pictures from digital media, every few years will   
   make your storage medium obsolete.  Kodachrome slides are good for 60-100   
   years.  Some my father took in 1946 are still perfect.  His 8 mm film of   
   steam engines at Catskill, NY, on passenger trains are still as good as the   
   day they were taken.  But my cell phone videos of Engine 12 on the Tweetsie   
   will not outlast the cell phone.  As for the VHS mini tapes I had for   
   several years, they are already showing problems.  But no sense in   
   complaining.  All we have now is digital.   
      
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