I understood the point of your (very reasonable) question, so why be picky?
Truth is, I didn't even notice it and further, I screw up all the time
myself.
Whatever can be done at one size can be done at most any size. The cost is
chip yield. The fact that some idiot in a magazine says that an APS sensor
would contain more tightly packed pixels than would a 24x36 and so 24x36 is
unnecessary, doesn't mean that it must be that way. If what the writer said
is true, then there's no point to medium format digital cameras! Think about
it.
Regards,
Bob...
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From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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