Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank >>>I had beeen told or read somewhere that silver film has an inherent resolution of 10 M Pixels per square inch and increasing on the T grain technology.<< It's also true that a friend of mine has a Porche with a speedometer that goes up to 160MPH. But there's a limit on what's practical. I don't disagree with what you say. And I'm not ready to use my darkroom for storage. However, beyond a certain point the the performance advantage becomes potential that's never realized. Where is the practicality limit? I'm sure it varies depending on the photographer and the task. It's difficult for me to admit that an Olympic Stylus and an LS-2000 will meet 90 percent of my photographic needs. And I can get that down to about 2 cents per snap. Still, that won't stop me from using Leica. I enjoy it more, and there's still that 5 percent above what I can do with a Stylus. For 4 percent more I own a Hasselblad. For the last one percent I own a Toyo 45A. Not very rational perhaps. But along the same lines my friend enjoys driving his Porche. Dave