Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>> What's the MB value for 100 film? I think you have the answer and will >>> appreciate if you can share it with the rest of us. >> >>It depends on the film type, exposure, development and what you deem as >>equivalent. My experience shows 8000DPI will get you to 'resolving' grain. >> That would end up with 8,000 x 12,000 x 3, or 2.88M bytes for 8 bit/pixel >>color, and 96M bytes for 8 bit grayscale. >> > Austin > What is the number of MB needed to record the details and reproduce an > image with the equivalence of a 24x36mm (i.e. 135), 100 slide film? > Dan K. BTW, that should have been 288M bytes for color. 100 slide film is somewhere between 4000DPI and 8000DPI...ro 4000 x 6000 - 24M for 8 bit B&W, and 72M for 8 bit/color color...up to what I said above...96M for 8 bit B&W, up to 288M for 8 bit/color color.