slide film quality image from 400D?

Dear friends
Can any one tell me how do I get slide film quality image from 400D?

I know the first thing is to shoot in raw and I am doing it.
Do i need to use any special lens of filters or any special kind fo post process?

I have my old Nikon F60 safely packed and kept in the box because I thought I might need it to use slides but now I want to sell it off and get some good lens for my Canon.

Thanks
Ghosh

Nail exposure and shoot RAW. Keep an eye on your histogram and bracket exposure if you're worried.

Make sure your white balance is set correctly.

Yes and no, the slides I shoot are a higher quality, but when you scan them you lose most of it, so its 50/50 really.

Looking at enlargements I have made from both slides and digital over many years I don't see any significant difference in quality, except at ISO 400 and higher where the noise in digital is much less noticeable than the grain in slide film.

In most cases your results from your 400D should not be significantly different from those you obtained from slides. One factor may be that the original image is enlarged 1.6 times more with digital than it was with slides to make any given size of print. If the quality of your lens was the limiting factor for image quality you could see an improvement by upgrading the the quality of your lens.

For prints, you shouldn't see any difference if you're getting the exposure right, shooting in RAW to work with the most data in post processing, and using a good lens. For projection or large enlargements you may see a slight difference, but you'd have to look very carefully.

Mark

Thank you all for this information. Slowly I am getting confident with my camera but I still have few more question to ask.
1: Which one would you call a good lens? so far I have only kit lens. Which lens should I go for? I do mostly landscape and some times people photography.

2: whats nail exposure, Nail exposure and histogram and bracket exposure?
3: Which raw converter should I use for best possible result.

Thank you all for helping me out in this case. I appreciate it.
G

For landscapes, many recommend the Canon 10-22 ultra wide angle lens. Other options for both types of photography include the 17-55IS, the 16-35L, and the 17-40L.

ghosh wrote in post #3394022
2: whats nail exposure?

I think he meant 'get the exposure spot on'.

Ghosh:
I'll toss an opinion in.
1. Think about image post processing choices before new lens. Try and use Canon's "Picture Styles." I find the contrast tone curves of the different choices reminiscent of different transparency films. "Neutral" with some adjustments is like Fuji Astia, "Standard" is like Provia or Kodachrome 64 black emulsion. The downloadable Styles are useful for narrow applications like Fall colors like slides, or cutting through haze. You can upload a few to the camera in addition to built in Styles. AND DPP is a FREE converter.
2. There is not much which is similar to the exaggerated primary colors and saturation of Fuji Velvia or EktaChrome VS. But, you can get close, and there are Plug-ins like Fred Miranda Velvia Vision, NIK, and others which make equally pleasing exaggerated tonal and density adjustments like Velvia.
3. Shoot in good light, White Balance with something like a Whi-Bal, and properly expose. Digital has same rules like with transparency film: under expose bright saturated colors in frontal light by 1/3-1/2-2/3 stop to avoid digital "Channel Clipping." When coverting RAW images, open them in ProphotoRGB or WideGamet RGB to avoid channel clipping. Make other adjustments to taste, then convert to smaller color space near end of workflow.
4. Lenses can affect color, contrast, resolving power, etc. Strangely, the first time I used the Canon EF-S 60mm macro lens and opened images, my brain said, "KodaChrome 64." Maybe I imagine it, but there is something special about this lens, and I keep a crop camera just to use it.
5. Shoot at f/5.6 through f/11 from a tripod. That will give you more sharpness punch than most lens changes.

Well, that's just one guy's opinion. Jack