Bobsprit wrote:

the prints I'm making from the Nikon 8800. They look like studio shots at
8.5X11.




What do you think the film grain size is?

It doesn't matter if it can't be caught on photographic paper. It can be seen
on a slide or neg, but that is of little use to most people.
I can get far more good shots with a DSLR than I ever could with film camera.
That's because the limitless control over shots and tweaking in a digital
darkroom are free.


I too get great shots but they are not as pin sharp as film at 6 Mpix.
The smaller grain size of film and the smaller area of the CMOS chip
mean that the sensor does not live up to the diffraction limited
performance of a good lens. Another fact that is not recognized by most
is that the limuiting resolution of the image is less than that expected
from the pixel count by a factor of 2 or more due to the bayer mask
processing in the camera CPU. Have a look at the dark signal from your
camera in raw mode if you don't believe me.

Cheers