[geeks] photogeeks?

[Sridhar the POWERful]

On Fri, 17 May 2002, Don McClure wrote:

> > Resolution, probably.  Definition and contrast, maybe not.  My Olympus
> > C-700, and *certainly* my dad's $2000 E-10 SLR, get *excellent* contrast,
> > and if I print on a dye-sub continuous tone printer, the photos they take
> > are above the effective resolution of the printer anyway.  Makes an
> > excellent facsimile of a photograph.
>
> Yeah, the prints can be nice, as long as you don't go any bigger then
> about 8x10. A color 35mm slide has about 20 megapixels of information,
> while most digital cameras only have 10-20 percent percent of that.

Well, for the 5x7 size in which we get most of our prints, 4 megapixels
(and even 2.1 megapixels) are probably enough.

> Of course, the quality of cheap point and shoot lenses won't stand
> much enlargement either, especially the zooms. Even the prime lenses
> are just triplets.

Oh, absolutely, I agree.  My father has a nice film camera for that
purpose as well.  (He has a BSc in technical photography, if that means
anything.)

Peace...  Sridhar

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