Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's nice and great and Intel/MSFT would love to sell you more and better, but in the real world, more photographers are using laptop which are less powerful but more portable. The customers are not asking for 40MP files, and if they are, they can get them from the MF databack shooters. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote: > I once calculated that to be equal to film resolution with a given > "molecular" particle size of the basic chemical based emulsion, was about > 25MP/square inch.... . > > Please. No wars over how I calculate this or my assumptions.... it is old > history... and I have long forgotten. > > But to the point.... Storage has now hit $35 per TB. It is not a reason to > hold back on sensor resolution. > > Processors now are 8 core and run at 3GHz. A 8GB Ram, 1.5GB Hdd, 8 Core > Intel processor based computer from Dell is... $600. ( I bought 2 of these > recently). To extend to 16GB would cost another $60. > > Computer limitations are not a reason to limit sensor resolution..... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > Canon 1Dx weighs in at 18 Megapixel, the same as the M9. I think people are > realizing that more MP -> need for faster processing and more storage. So > 18 > may just be the sweet spot for full frame 35mm. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>