Actually, film resolution is based on multi-molecule grains (typically made of silver halide). If a grain gets hit by enough photons, the developing process will change the entire grain to metallic silver and make a dark spot. If the grain is not hit by enough photons, developing it does not change it to
------------------Brendan wrote------------------ I was just talking to a co-worker with a new digi cam and something dawned on me, while film has a resolution based on molecules, and digital multi molecule sized pixels, lenses can only capture and transmit so much light! Technically digital cannot or ever surpass film if only because the resolving ability of the optics has a finite limit of which some low speed films have already reached. In all the tests I have seen many 25 and 50 iso films are capable of more lpm than many lenses currently can resolve. Digital still hasn't reached there yet even with the X3 but yet they race ahead and try to develop better chips, yet there doesn't seem to be near as much research into improving optics. We all know the quality of the final image is directly related to the optics, yet these digi cams are being stricken with inferior lenses. Any one else see a problem here? - 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 .
