What if I only wanted to "the scan to resemble direct digital image capture" and not to scan film grain?
----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:46 PM Subject: Re: megapixel equivalent of 35mm > On 12 Feb 2004 at 13:18, Nenad Djurdjevic wrote: > > > I am sure this question has been asked before but what would be the > > megapixel equivalent of a 35mm colour slide? I have heard about 9 > > megapixels. Anyone know any better? > > It's all in the interpretation, if you would like the scan to resemble direct > digital image capture then you need to scan at resolution somewhat under the > films average grain size. However if you wish to utilize all the available > information stored in a fine grain film then scanning at 5400 DPI will get you > close. The resultant file would be approximately 39 megapixels or a 234MB file > at 16 bits per pixel. > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >
