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Re: [Digital BW] Digital, film, scanning comparisons

2003-05-21 by Peter Nelson

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Wesley" 


> I am unclined to agree with his 10 megapixal threshold
> being the point where direct digital cature equals or 
> exceeds 35mm color film 


Why?   That would imply there's no difference for color film between 
a 2700 PPI scanner (11 MP) and a 4000 PPI film scanner (24 MP).   
But anyone who's compared the two for fine grain film shot with 
sharp optics and a tripod-mounted camera knows that's certainly not 
true.

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