[Leica] 8MP vs. scan [was: Re: Nikon's profits tripled

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

This is the sort of comment I want to hear. It would seem that you can 
do adequate work with scanning negatives

On 22/11/2004, at 4:27 PM, Richard wrote:

> Alastir, I just sent a post on something similar right before you 
> re-joined. Basically, some people will tell you 6Mp/8Mp/...16Mp!!! 
> will be vastly superior to any film scan, mostly because there is no 
> grain and can scale up REALLY well and of course when you get 10+ Mp 
> on a decent sized sensor, you are talking about quite a bit of noise 
> less resolution. Other people tell you that in the ideal conditions, a 
> Velvia/TechPan/<insert favorite high res film> will beat the stuffing 
> out of digital of nothing short of 20Mp/36Mp/<depending how you do the 
> math>.
>
> I say - look at the prints. Do you like them? If so, then it is good 
> enough, regardless how it was captured.
>
> I'd say this again - my 11x14" prints done from scanning Provia 
> 100F/400F look as good as my friend 11Mp Canon 1D output of similar 
> sized. They clearly look different, but neither is one better than 
> others, IMHO.
>
> At 08:29 PM 11/21/2004, firkin wrote:
>
>> So Mark, what's your call: can I make a scan from a negative which 
>> will compete with this 8 megabyte level? Printing up to about 14 x 
>> 11.
>> Mark Rabiner writes:
>>>
>>>> So what's the answer: how big does it need to be -- file size I 
>>>> mean?
>>>> Alastair Firkin @ work ;-)
>>> I think 8 will turn out to be both usable and marketable over the 
>>> next
>>> decade.
>>> After than who knows it will all be holograms shooting out of your
>>> wristwatch.
>>> Mark Rabiner
>>> Photography
>>> Portland Oregon
>>> http://rabinergroup.com/
>>>
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>
>
Alastair