No Kodak was saying 14mp back when I bought my Nikon Coolpix 100 (According to the receipt I ran across the other day that was in early 1998). Now their sales literature may have said something different but that was the figure that I got from their website back then. IIRC, that was in comparison to their 100 speed negative film.
Hey, remember, I was the first pro-digital guy on this list. That was back when all you folks were saying no one would pay that much for a camera, and I was saying if it makes you money it is cheap. Of course I still don't have a DSLR, but then I am not making money with my cameras anymore either. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- P. J. Alling wrote: > Actually Kodak's sales literature, (propaganda), originally said it was > 6mp, oh yes and wonder of wonders their high end photo, > ("professional"), CD supplied 6mp. Funny how it became 14mp when they > offered products with higher resolutions... > > (and they wonder why no one trusts them...) > > graywolf wrote: >> Things change. >> >> I can remember when all a photojournalist needed was a couple of Leica >> bodies >> and 3 lenses (35,50,90). Before my time he could get by with a couple of >> Rolleifexs; and before that all he needed was a Speed Graphic with one lens. >> >> There was quite a bit of argument about what resolution was equal to 35mm >> film. >> I (and Kodak) always said 14 megapixels. The fact is that for most >> publication >> work about 5mp seems to be all that is really needed. >> >> Kind of to put things in perspective, how many remember when they were >> saying >> that memory density was about as high as it could go? That was back in the >> days >> of 64mb memory modules. These days you can get a 4gb flash card about the >> size >> of your thumbnail. >> >> As I said, things change. >> >> >> Graywolf >> Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com >> Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ >> >> Steve Desjardins wrote: >> >>> Funny. I remember about 6 years ago when people claimed that we would >>> need 24 MP to equal 35 mm film. If anyone had actually described >>> today's situation at that time few would have believed them. Besides, I >>> could never affros that Canon. Or better, I could never justify paying >>> that much. >>> >>> Steven Desjardins >>> Department of Chemistry >>> Washington and Lee University >>> Lexington, VA 24450 >>> (540) 458-8873 >>> FAX: (540) 458-8878 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>>>>> "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/5/2007 12:03 AM >>> >>>>>> >>> I dunno about that. The 1DsmIII is pushing the limits of what 35mm >>> glass is capable of. While a ~22MP 645D wouldn't necessarily compete >>> well (Although the Mamiya ZD back is selling every unit Mamiya can >>> push out, at a similar cost to the 1DsmIII) a higher-rez unit might >>> well be competetive, and there's a lot more resolution headroom with >>> good MF glass. >>> >>> -Adam >>> >>> On 12/4/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> An interesting user review of the new Canon 1Ds MkIII, which confirms >>>> >>> my >>> >>>> feeling that the 645D was swimming upstream without the spawning >>>> possibilities... >>>> >>>> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/mada-iiis.shtml >>>> >>>> I would consider this very bad news for an eventual 645D if it were >>>> >>> ever >>> >>>> introduced. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The difference between individual intelligence and group intelligence >>>> >>> is the difference between Harvard University and the Harvard University >>> football team. >>> >>>> -- P. J. O'Roarke >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>> >>> and follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
