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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: Graham Mitchell on September 04, 2010, 04:42:29 am

Title: Nikon competition open to all cameras.... except medium/large format
Post by: Graham Mitchell on September 04, 2010, 04:42:29 am

I wonder why they did this? Are they afraid of the bigger cameras showing up the quality of the Nikon offerings?

"Image data captured with a digital still camera (excluding that captured by medium-format and larger digital cameras) and image data created by scanning an image captured with a film camera (35mm or APS) will be accepted. Images that have been digitally enhanced or edited with software will also be accepted. "

http://www.europe-nikon.com/en_GB/press_room/press_releases_main.page?Period=New&Quarter=0&SY=0&ID=templatedata\en_GB\news_article\data\BV-PR-1007-NPCI&sParamValueLbl=Uudised&sParam1ValueLbl=Entries+to+this+year%E2%80%99s+competition+now+accepted

Title: Re: Nikon competition open to all cameras.... except medium/large format
Post by: yaya on September 04, 2010, 05:55:24 am

Quote from: Graham Mitchell on September 04, 2010, 04:42:29 am

I wonder why they did this? Are they afraid of the bigger cameras showing up the quality of the Nikon offerings?

"Image data captured with a digital still camera (excluding that captured by medium-format and larger digital cameras) and image data created by scanning an image captured with a film camera (35mm or APS) will be accepted. Images that have been digitally enhanced or edited with software will also be accepted. "

http://www.europe-nikon.com/en_GB/press_room/press_releases_main.page?Period=New&Quarter=0&SY=0&ID=templatedata\en_GB\news_article\data\BV-PR-1007-NPCI&sParamValueLbl=Uudised&sParam1ValueLbl=Entries+to+this+year%E2%80%99s+competition+now+accepted

So a drum-scanned 8X10 is OK but a 6MP MFDB file won't be accepted?

How could they tell were the file is from anyway?

Title: Re: Nikon competition open to all cameras.... except medium/large format
Post by: feppe on September 04, 2010, 06:44:35 am

Quote from: yaya on September 04, 2010, 05:55:24 am

How could they tell were the file is from anyway?

Some photographers do have integrity.

Title: Re: Nikon competition open to all cameras.... except medium/large format
Post by: JeffKohn on September 04, 2010, 11:35:26 am

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So a drum-scanned 8X10 is OK but a 6MP MFDB file won't be accepted?

No. If you read the quote in the first post, it limits film eligibility to 35mm as well.