Re: Re: potential problem

**Pat Meadows p*@meadows.pair.com**

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:41:02 -0600, you wrote:

> There 
>are some color problems inherent with digital media similar to the 
>ageratum effect with film. My clients are extremely happy with the 
>quality of the images. They cannot be told from slides unless you are 
>an expert in those subtleties I mentioned.

I would like to ask a question here.  I presently have a
cheap digital camera - not only cheap, but also about four
years old, which is old in the digital world - there have
been many improvements in the last four years, I believe.

We also have a scanner, and I have an excellent 35 mm film
camera, with various lenses, good flash gun, etc.
Everything I need to take really good photos, in fact.  (I
enjoy photography, it used to be a hobby.)  I have a
graphics program and can do whatever needs doing to either
format of photo (film or digital), so that's not a problem.

I need to photograph plants that I grow for my website, lots
of plants.  

I'm having trouble with the digital camera in regard to
contrast:  it doesn't handle light and darkness well at all.
I think I'm using the right words here (I hope so).  For
instance, I cannot get a decent photograph of a dark plant,
or a very light plant.  I can't even get a usable photograph
of a very dark plant.

So I really have two choices:  return to using my film
camera (which equals happiness for me, but also equals
paying for film and developing) or invest in a better
digital camera.  

Do better digitals handle this contrast better?  Or is this
a flaw of all/most of them?  

I don't want to invest in a better digital if I'm still
going to be unhappy with the results.  In that case, I'm
better off paying for film and developing. 

Thanks very much.

Pat

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