Bob,
Thanks for your response and for ignoring my misuse of
the word "throws". SHB: "Throes".
Didn't I see something in a photo magazine about the
fact that an APS sensor would contain more tightly
packed pixels than would a 24x36? Thus, according to
the writer, assuming the same pixel count, the smaller
sensor would capture and reveal more detail.
Why do I doubt the assumption?
Jack
--- Bob Blakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There will always be a niche market for film, even
> 35mm. Digital will
> supplant it for most real applications, most
> importantly in the consumer
> market where the dollars, euros, pounds, yen, etc.
> are, but film still
> offers some image advantages (or at least claimed
> advantages), and
> aficionados will still provide some market, enough
> for perhaps two or so
> small outfits to produce it. The intelligence
> agencies still use it for best
> detail and (what's the word?) acuity and will
> continue to use it for non
> real time airborne reconnaissance, so someone will
> continue making that.
> Slitting it to 35mm and perforating it is a small
> thing, and it can then be
> sold to those few consumers who still want it.
> Astronomers will still demand
> it for some applications, though the format will be
> larger, still, it starts
> out as rolls that can be slit. Why 35mm? Well, in my
> opinion it provides the
> best compromise between versatility (as a function
> of size) and quality (as
> a function of image area). FYI, while I'm sure that
> many will not agree,
> this is the same reason I would prefer a 24x36mm
> sensor for a 35mm sized
> camera. As it is with film, so it is with sensors -
> the larger the format,
> the greater quality potential.
>
> Regards,
> Bob...
>
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> By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll
> become happy;
> if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
> - Socrates
>
>
> From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> > How much longer will starving film cameras demand
> 35mm
> > color pos/neg films be produced? What level of
> > production and availability would qualify as "in
> > production"?
> > What's the likelihood of film's resuscitation
> through
> > some manner of structural breakthrough?
> > Un-answerable, but care to muse?
>
>
>
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