Digital BW, The Print

Alan-

When looking at your method it seems to me you should not be comparing 
them at 100% magnification if they are not the same size image.  
Shouldn't you have the same image area (eg the 6 flowers in the lower 
left) on the screen to make the comparison?

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>  I thought to myself, how
> could a 17MB file from the D30 possibly hold up--even in the slightest
> way--to 100MB's worth of data from a clean, sharp, well exposed, drum
> scanned transparency?
>
> Upon receiving the scanned image I opened it in their default color 
> space
> (PS 7.0.1) and set viewing to 100% pixel level. Then I opened the same
> subject taken with my D30 (Adobe color space) and set that image to 
> 100%
> viewing. In side-by-side comparisons I found the following:
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I don't have any view about film vs digital -- I've seen amazing images 
from both. My own experience is that equipment is rarely the limiting 
factor in creating a compelling image.  Certainly some equipment makes 
some kinds of photography easier but it is always the skill of the 
photographer that makes the image.
--
Kevin