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RE: [Digital BW] From the horses mouth.

2002-01-29 by Austin Franklin

> This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend a panel discussion
> on digital photography. When asked how the resolution of 35mm film
> compares to digital, Gordon Brown of Kodak/RIT fame stated that Kodak
> Kodacolor 35mm film has the equivalent of 20 megapixels of resolution.
>
> It seems that the 100 megapixel number that was discussed here a few
> weeks ago just is not accurate.
>
> Not that it matters ;-)
>
> Mike

Hi Mike,

That's all well and good, but without knowing how Gordon arrived at what he
said, I can't tell you what exactly he was saying.  I showed the arithmetic
and premises on how I arrived at my 100M number, and I stick by it, since
it's based on sound premises and the arithmetic was correct.  Do you have
any more info 1) who Gordon Brown is, and 2) what, exactly, he was claiming?

Austin

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