4000ppi is probably better than 35mm can do because the lenses w/ film rarely if ever achive more than 100 lines/mm which would be more like a 2400x3600 pixel image which is only about 8.5 Mpixel.
jco > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Am I Really a Dinosaur? > > > Those seem like rather arbitrary numbers. Is it a "fact"? Are you > saying that 5000 or 6000 or more ppi won't yield more resolution? > > "J. C. O'Connell" wrote: > > > > Based on the fact that it takes 4000ppi > > to get all the resolution from at 35mm > > film, that equates to 4000X6000 pixels. > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
