Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Future of film
From: Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 17:46:44 +0300

Anthony Atkielski wrote:

> If you really need the answer, Tech Pan produces an image of about
> 23040x15360 pixels.  This can be achieved digitally, but only in
> studios and in other special situations.  It also requires a lens that
> can resolve 320 line pairs per millimeter, and there aren't too many
> of those around (not even at Leica). Finally, in order to actually see
> this level of detail in a finished print from a viewing distance of,
> say, two feet, the print would have to be enlarged to 13 by 8 feet.
> Most people don't look at billboards from 24 inches away.

So what you're saying is that medium format debate is just a load of
horsepucky....

Bernard