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Re: [Digital BW] From the horses mouth.

2002-01-29 by Jerry Olson

I've read in Kodak's own literature that an ISO 25 Kodachrome slide has
12 megapixels of information in it, and anything more is unnecessary.

Jerry




mkravit wrote:
> 
> 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
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