Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/07

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Digital resolution
From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 22:11:16 -0400
 
Do you mean 30M pixels, or 30M bytes?

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From: 	Mike Quinn
Sent: 	Friday, April 07, 2000 9:30 PM
To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: 	Re: [Leica] Digital resolution


My simple 35mm scans use 30 mega pixels.
Less looks ok on the screen, but not in a print.
The digital/film gap will close, but it's still pretty wide.

Mike Quinn  

 LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote:

> Six megapixel cameras which will probably provide almost the
> imaging capabilities of 35mm film will be available in the comsumer market
> before years' end. Nine megapixel cameras, which will equal 35mm capabilites,
> should soon follow.