>>4218540>oh and also, forgot to mention that even when converting film to digital, the film still retains more sharpness,LMFAO here's a 5Ds (right) vs 6x9 Velvia 50 on a drum scanner (left, levels adjustment). The film/scanner combo is about as sharp and detailed as you can get. The only film that beats Velvia 50 on sharpness and resolution is Adox CMS 20, a film with maybe 5 stops DR and a true ISO of around 12. That film is the ONLY film which can stand toe to toe with digital in the same format in regard to sharpness and fine detail. Nothing else comes close. You have to go to 4x5 to challenge FF digital on sharpness/detail.
This comes from a now deleted photo album of film/digital comparisons submitted by different people, and has been posted to
photo.net and dpreview's forums. Target choice was a world map anyone could buy. I saved a few of the comparisons, including this one, but never archived the entire album as I didn't expect the album owner would shut it down. 35mm Velvia 50 was beat pretty hard by 12mp APS-C digital. 20-25mp FF was when people started comparing to MF and winning against everything but 6x9. High resolution FF (i.e. D800 and higher) was when 6x9 fell.