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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 125596" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>To perhaps throw more gas on the fire, or maybe just muddy the waters some, I could shoot T-Max 100 with my Hasselblad and scan it at 4000 dpi with my Nikon CoolScan LS-8000 and still blow both of them clean off the hinges. 6x6 (A12) at 4000 dpi equals <em><strong>81 </strong></em>MP<em><strong>,</strong></em> 6x4.5 (A16) at 4000 dpi equals <em><strong>67</strong></em> MP. And I can do it for <em>one heck of a lot less </em>than any FX or MF digital. </p><p></p><p>Please excuse the rant but the bottom line to all of this is <em>who really gives a damn</em>? With digital Photography, just as with computers and <em>especially </em>cell phones, all this mind numbing <em>techie crap</em> has gotten completely out of hand. Photography has always been, and <em>always will be </em>an <em>ART</em>. Of course there is a technical side to it, just try to learn the Zone System inside and out if you want to see technical, but honestly when all the dust settles and all you have left is <em>the image</em>, so much of that <em>el-nerdo techie crap </em>is <em>as meaningless as<u> tits on a bull</u>. </em>If<em> s</em>ome of photography's grandest masters; Adams, Cunningham, Stieglitz, Weston, Eugene Smith, Cartier-Bresson, et al, were still alive and shooting today I think it would be safe to say that none of them would <em>give a rat's ass </em>about how many megapixels this camera had, or how well it handled ISO 12,600. For them it was all about the image. And long after any of us are nothing but moldy bones, people will <em>still</em> be looking at their images and still be <em>awed</em> by the sheer mastery they had over their craft. And they all did it with what most would consider<em> antiques </em>today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 125596, member: 12827"] To perhaps throw more gas on the fire, or maybe just muddy the waters some, I could shoot T-Max 100 with my Hasselblad and scan it at 4000 dpi with my Nikon CoolScan LS-8000 and still blow both of them clean off the hinges. 6x6 (A12) at 4000 dpi equals [I][B]81 [/B][/I]MP[I][B],[/B][/I] 6x4.5 (A16) at 4000 dpi equals [I][B]67[/B][/I] MP. And I can do it for [I]one heck of a lot less [/I]than any FX or MF digital. Please excuse the rant but the bottom line to all of this is [I]who really gives a damn[/I]? With digital Photography, just as with computers and [I]especially [/I]cell phones, all this mind numbing [I]techie crap[/I] has gotten completely out of hand. Photography has always been, and [I]always will be [/I]an [I]ART[/I]. Of course there is a technical side to it, just try to learn the Zone System inside and out if you want to see technical, but honestly when all the dust settles and all you have left is [I]the image[/I], so much of that [I]el-nerdo techie crap [/I]is [I]as meaningless as[U] tits on a bull[/U]. [/I]If[I] s[/I]ome of photography's grandest masters; Adams, Cunningham, Stieglitz, Weston, Eugene Smith, Cartier-Bresson, et al, were still alive and shooting today I think it would be safe to say that none of them would [I]give a rat's ass [/I]about how many megapixels this camera had, or how well it handled ISO 12,600. For them it was all about the image. And long after any of us are nothing but moldy bones, people will [I]still[/I] be looking at their images and still be [I]awed[/I] by the sheer mastery they had over their craft. And they all did it with what most would consider[I] antiques [/I]today. [/QUOTE]
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