Digital BW, The Print

claudej1@... wrote:
> Being a vertically integrated company, Canon is setting the world on fire  
> right now and I can't image needing more resolution than 16.7 native Megapixels  
> in a file, since that can make a 12x18 print at 300 ppi with no 
> interpolation.  The original Canon 1Ds, with 11 mpx caused many a die-hard MF film holdout 
> to  make the jump, both landscape and commercial shooters. I have dubbed the 
> Canon  1Ds Mk II the "MF digital back killer." I'm sure the market, in time, 
> will prove  me correct. It has so far.

I can see good reasons for more then 16.7MP, at the sensor anyway, 
suppose you could build a 50.1MP sensor, you eliminate the need for 
bayer patterns, you could use a triad (triangle of pixels), as the 
sensor resultion expands beyond this point you can use over-sampling, 
where several triads are combined into a single file resolution pixel.

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