Really? Wow. I had no idea. I found some web site saying that would just be enough for an 8x10, and I thought that's definitely more resolution than "just" and 8x10. Didn't realize it was that much more.
Thanks. On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 6:47 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 06:31:38PM -0500, Nick Wright wrote: >> Okay, one more scanner question. >> >> The Epson v300 says that it scans 35mm film at 4800 dpi. What does >> that equate to in terms of megapixels? > > Well, a frame of 35mm film is 36 x 24 mm. At 25.4mm per inch, that's > > (36/25.4)*4800 * (24/25.4)*4800 = near enough 30 megapixels. > > That's 90MB at 24 bits/pixel, or a whopping 180MB at 48 bits per pixel. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- ~Nick David Wright http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
