Digital BW, The Print

> Are you trying to tell me that provia film is  nearly 10 times sharper
> than the D60 at say, 20 inch images?

Jerry, you aren't listening.  Sharpness has NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING.
It's purely YOUR metric, and a dubious one at that.  As I've said, you can
get the absolute sharpest possible images from two pixels, period.

From what I gather, I don't believe you understand what sharpness really is,
but YOU like it in your images, and that's fine...but it's YOUR metric, and
does NOT reflect an accurate representation of reality.  In REALITY,
everything is NOT sharp, period.  There are tonal transitions between
things, and they aren't necessarily going to be as steep as you may like
them...and for you to change these gradations means you are changing the
accuracy of your representation.  That's fine, but realize YOU are doing it
to suit YOUR likes, and not everyone likes it that way.

> Whatever it is, I'm totally and completely satisfied with my D60, and
> can consistently beat 35mm film in quality at the size prints I make.
> Sharper. Better highlight detail. Better Shadow detail. Consistently. No
> question, no doubt about it.

There is no possible way that you get better detail, period.  There aren't
enough pixels in the sensor to do so.  I also know you don't better latitude
than I can on film.  As I've said, sharpness can easily be dealt with on
either film or digital...it's a dubious metric at best.  I'd bet you dinner
anywhere in the world you want...

> Once again, if you are talking about superexpensive scanners, you're
> right. I'm just talking ordinary equipment your average photographer has
> access to in his own digital darkroom.

Boy...if that isn't a caveat...  Yes, you get better pictures from your D60
than someone with a $400 flat bed scanner...I have no doubt.

Regards,

Austin