Organizing PL4 on my computer to deal with both analog and digital images

@mikemyers – a side note

Be careful what you take from articles like Film vs Digital - A Photo Comparison - TheDarkroom – and comments.
The comparison of a certain film (Velvia 50 in this case) and a digital file (JPEG) shot with a certain camera (Canon 6D, hopefully with the very same lens) is simply misleading. Then also, the autor damns Fuji’s in camera film simulation, but without proving / showing, the lead picture is just ‘click-bait’.

It is well known, that the rendition is different (same as with different films). You can try that yourself with a colour chart, applying the rendition of “Velvia 50” and “Canon 6D” etc. to virtual copies to compare them easily.

Following the author’s link Pushing and Pulling Film - A Complete Guide from The Darkroom about how to overcome (some) limits with pushing and pulling film – and also getting strange colours (not to talk about grain) demystifies a bit of the ‘glory’. The “Film is the golden standard of photography” statement is pure nostalgia.

At any time, I prefer the controlled (and stainfree !) digital darkroom to different emulsions, variing
developing processes and hoping for the result.

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