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Re: [Digital BW] analog/digital Megapixels

2006-05-06 by Tyler Boley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale <stevekale@...> wrote:
>
> The chart referenced below omits the point that digitally captured files can
> typically be enlarged with better quality than scanned film.

Steve,
Working every day with captures, drum scans, Imacon scans, flatbed, few megapixels or 
plenty, and making every concievable size print here- nothing in all that experience would 
support that statement.
I suppose having fuzzy word like "quality" involved might leave an out. Or one might say an 
excellent high res capture will enlarge better than a very crappy little film scan, but would 
that be "typical"?
I keep seeing statements like this and wonder why, I just don't get it. Besides, some of this is 
subjective.

Tyler

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