Contax to digital?

I've been putting off the move to digital until the price/performance was
better, but think the day is now about there.

My SLRs and lenses are Contax/Yashica/Zeiss, which has left me in a bit of a
dead end - I understand the Contax N uses a different mount.

My photography is mainly industrial heritage - old cars, locos, motorbikes -
and dogs.

I'd like to keep some 35mm capability.

Any recommendations on the best way forward? Should I sell up and move to
(say) Nikon lenses? Or am I best keeping my existing kit for 35mm?

Thanks in advance for help



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Tim

"Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>I've been putting off the move to digital until the price/performance was
>better, but think the day is now about there.
>
>My SLRs and lenses are Contax/Yashica/Zeiss, which has left me in a bit of a
>dead end - I understand the Contax N uses a different mount.


If you are using Zeiss glass and good film, you will find almost any
digital camera a massive disappointment - the Contax N Digital was
dreadful and has now been discontinued to due almost non-existent
sales.

Instead, consider having the best of both worlds and buy yourself a
good film scanner. The Minolta Dual Scan III is an excellent entry
level 2800ppi scanner at about £270 and the forthcoming 5400ppi model
should be outstanding value at about £600.

"T P" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >I've been putting off the move to digital until the price/performance was
> >better, but think the day is now about there.
> >
> >My SLRs and lenses are Contax/Yashica/Zeiss, which has left me in a bit
of a
> >dead end - I understand the Contax N uses a different mount.
>
>
> If you are using Zeiss glass and good film, you will find almost any
> digital camera a massive disappointment - the Contax N Digital was
> dreadful and has now been discontinued to due almost non-existent
> sales.
>
> Instead, consider having the best of both worlds and buy yourself a
> good film scanner. The Minolta Dual Scan III is an excellent entry
> level 2800ppi scanner at about £270 and the forthcoming 5400ppi model
> should be outstanding value at about £600.



T P - I've yet to see a film scan from a desktop film scanner that compares
with a DSLR RAW capture. I'm not saying film is inferior - definitely not -
but these scanners are. Even a Nikon 4000 on multipass over good
transparency film provides a noisy, unsharp, colour-skewed file in
comparison to a 10D capture at the same ISO

Simon

"Simon Stanmore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> T P - I've yet to see a film scan from a desktop film scanner that
compares
> with a DSLR RAW capture. I'm not saying film is inferior - definitely
not -
> but these scanners are. Even a Nikon 4000 on multipass over good
> transparency film provides a noisy, unsharp, colour-skewed file in
> comparison to a 10D capture at the same ISO

Simon,

Have you had experience of this? I'm currently using an Epson 2400 flatbed
scanner which can scan film, the results are good but I was hoping I'd be
able to upgrade to a dedicated film scanner at some point, under the
impression that the resulting scans would be great. I've read reviews and
seen scans which seem to suggest that you can get really good results from
film scanners, but it has occurred to me that maybe a lot of colour balance
work is required after the scan. I could understand this with C-41
negatives, but I was hoping that slide film would scan with better results.
After all, given the amount of detail that can be stored on a negative, I'd
still like to stick with my film SLR until DSLRs are up to higher
resolutions at a price I can afford (which may be quite a while!!). 11
megapixels would be nice

Chris.

"Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:epHNa.3409$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've been putting off the move to digital until the price/performance was
> better, but think the day is now about there.
>
> My SLRs and lenses are Contax/Yashica/Zeiss, which has left me in a bit of
a
> dead end - I understand the Contax N uses a different mount.
>
> My photography is mainly industrial heritage - old cars, locos,
motorbikes -
> and dogs.
>
> I'd like to keep some 35mm capability.
>
> Any recommendations on the best way forward? Should I sell up and move to
> (say) Nikon lenses? Or am I best keeping my existing kit for 35mm?
>
> Thanks in advance for help



My sincere advice is to get yourself a Canon EOS 10D DSLR and start from
there - I have been amazed at the quality of the results I have obtained.
Sell your current kit and if you want to keep some 35mm film capabilty then
buy a secondhand Canon EOS 300 or similir so that you can use the same
lenses as on the 10D DSLR.

good luck