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Re: [Digital BW] Digital sharpness vs film- Canon D60

2002-09-07 by Jerry Olson

> > Anthony, I guarantee you that back could equal
> > technical pan in a 16x20 inch print.
> 
> A 16x20-inch print cannot even come close to exhausting the resolution of
> Technical Pan.  In order to exhaust the resolution of Tech Pan at 300 ppi,
> you need a print that measures nearly seven feet on a side.

All I said is the prints would be equal in quality. They would. I'm sure
the tech pan could go much higher.

> > Museums  are using scanning backs to copy their
> > paintings, and the detail they are getting is FAR
> > better than Fujichrome Velvia film.
> 
> How did you get from Tech Pan to Velvia?

The museum in question had compared velvia to the sinar scanning back
and the sinar won hands down. Just extolling the virtues of digital prints.
> 
> > And isn't that 22 Megapixels Compressed?
> 
> Pixels cannot be compressed.  Only files can be compressed.

Yeeaaahs! aren't those FILES compressed?

Jerry

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