Digital BW, The Print

A 16megapixel camera gives an 8bit RGB file of around 48MB.

Stop being a diehard !

TonyR


 On 08/12/2005 11:15:06, garethjolly wrote:
> I'll confess, I'm a film die hard.
> 
> But I recently saw a very impressive print from a Canon 16 megapixel SLR.
> 
> It would have been maybe 1.2 x 40 cm.
> 
> Now, logic tells me film should be better.  I scan a B&W image at 4000
> dpi - it resolves down to a level where the grain is just perceptible
> as film grain using Tri X developed in Xtol.  That yields a 42MB file
> with 16 bit grayscale.  And that's B&W so a colour file would be
> around 120MB.
> 
> So, how can a 16 megapixel colour image (say 6MB grayscale image)
> compete with a 42MB file?
> 
> Is this correct or am I missing something?
>