Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Shawn London <srlondon@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 23:33 Subject: [Leica] Re: [Leica[ paperless??? > I think that you are much too blase about the > importance of pixel count given the rather primitive > state of CCD's today. I think that pixel counts, like line pairs per millimeter, are mostly grist for the mills of the equipment geeks. Neither is that important in real-world photography. > Your statements basically suggesting that requirements > for resolution are vastly overrated are nothing new... I certainly didn't invent them. > I recall hearing the same thing from Kodak regarding the > adequacy of the postage stamp-sized disc film negative a > number of years back. Just look at the NTSC television standard, invented even earlier. > And the guy browsing in the locla camera shop the other > day who told me that owning a camera is a waste of money > these days since the Kodak disposables take better pictures > than the old camera I am using anyway. They probably take pictures that are 90-95% as good. If he only needs 80%, they are more than sufficient for him. -- Anthony