Digital BW, The Print

As a "digicam" user myself...I think Austin has said it very, very well as
usual...but I want 16 next...not 8!...I know greedy, greedy, greedy.

Robert

On 5/30/02 5:43 AM, "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@...> wrote:

>> For the sake of simplicity, lets assume you've got an 8Mp 36x24mm digital
>> camera. This camera would have enough resolution to record the 50 lp/mm
>> images you can expect when hand-holding with consumer-grade lenses and
>> filters. However, putting that camera on a tripod and using professional
>> lenses won't get you any extra resolution. Nothing you do can increase the
>> amount of detail you can capture (those lucky film guys can always upgrade
>> to better film/lenses/tripods/filters/etc for more detail!).
> 
> Darren,
> 
> Aside from the difference for color, which, I agree, isn't that big a deal,
> there's a huge difference for B&W though...as these mentioned digicams only
> shoot in Bayer pattern RGB, you really don't get near the resolution and
> accurate tonality you get from B&W film with a digicam.
> 
> Another issue is that film grains are random (in position and somewhat in
> size), digicams are not.  Because of this, they really don't map 1:1 as far
> as resolution goes...
> 
> For most color work not requiring much enlargement, most people will be
> quite happy with a 6M pixel Bayer pattern digicam of decent quality, and
> certainly 8 would be better ;-)
> 
> Austin
> 
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