I've seen it with my own eyes. If you live in the SF Bay Area, it's worth a trek down to Calypso Imaging in Santa Clara. Calypso does digital work for people like Galen Rowell, Franz Lanting, William Neill, Kennan Ward, etc. Last time I was there, they had images by Franz Lanting on their wall that were at least 3' by 5' (about 1 x 1.5 meters). They were produced from scanned 35mm slides. Their clarity, even close up, was impressive to behold.
They also had a nice example that was taken with a Nikon D1x by Uwe Steinmueller. It was blown up to about 24" x 36" (about 0.7 x 1.0 meters). It looked good from a distance, but it betrayed its digital birth close up. I think that even with a larger sensor these artifacts will still be present (maybe not with the new Foveon sensor, however). Looks to me like 35mm chromes still have legs if you're willing to pay for really high quality scanning and printing. --Mark The Calypso site: http://www.calypsoinc.com Uwe's digital photography site: http://www.outbackphoto.com - 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 .
