Tony LaFima wrote:
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>I will agree with whoever it was that said digital was no match for 
>film, but only from a consumer standpoint. I don't think digital 
>images from the Hubble telescope use the same technology. But I 
>could be wrong. Many years ago when I was in the service, I got a 
>first-hand look at some really good film. They used it in spy 
>planes. A picture taken from several miles up could be enlarged 
>until you were able to see people on the street. Now that's density. 
>Based on that, I would have to say, the more pixels per inch, the 
>better the quality of the printed image. Only recently has picture 
>quality improved dramatically, due to the big jump in printer 
>resolution. Until a short while ago, inkjet printers were printing 
>at 300 dpi and laser printers at 600 dpi.

I think you meant resolution, not density.


John

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