This is a good example of why megapixels alone aren't an accurate gauge of photo quality or even detail resolution. Based on a lot of experience, I can tell you tht a flatbed scanner of that type can resolve enough detail for a nice 8x10. If your film is perfectly flat and the scanner focuses very accurately, you might get a nice 11x14. It is a good flatbed scanner, but it can't work miracles. Paul ----- "Nick Wright" <nickwright1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. -- 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.
