Peter tell that to the digital is better fanatics,
they claim film held back lenses. Of course we all
know better, right?


 --- Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
Sadly you can't get a lens good enough to take full
> advantage of
> film.  At some point far before we reach this sensor
> size the law
> of diminishing returns takes over.
> 
> At 03:11 AM 2/25/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Look, they already have today a 14Mpixel in 1.5
> square inches.
> >(Kodak). Multipy that by 70 and you have 1
> gigapixel.
> >
> >So even with today's pixel density, they could get
> >1 gigapixel with a 108 square inch sensor.
> >
> >This would be approx a 9" X 12" large format
> >camera. Not exactly portable, but imagine the
> >quality of the image if you could get a lens
> >good enuff to take advantage of it!
> >
> >JCO
> 
> Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
>      Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. 
> --Groucho Marx
>  

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