Thats what I get for doing math late at night, my bad. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul D. DeRocco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:19 PM Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Pixels and Prints
> From: KARL SCHULMEISTERS > > Realistically, a 6mPixel camera is equiv to 4000dpi scan of 35mm film. > Which generates some amazing images, but still doesn't quite > match film when you enlarge it. 4000dpi comes out to about 4K by 6K, or 24M. A 6Mp camera is closer to a 2700dpi scanner. > Save your pennies for when D1s technology makes it down to $2500, > or get the > 10D as a camera to use when you don't really intend to go much bigger than > 8x10 That's only good advice if you're obsessive about sharpness, and intend to examine the prints with a loupe. Believe me, the 10D makes very nice 12x18 prints. -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
