Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]nothing new! recall, the climax of Jimmy Stewart's "Northside 777" (1948) involved something like a 1000x enlargement off a tiny section of a 5x7 B&W print to read off the date on a newspaper held by a newsboy far in the background and along the edge of the image. while the 100x, and 140x enlargements are shown as fuzzy, the final 500-1000x enlargement clearly reveals the date. as an interesting side note, in the film, the enlargements are faxed from chicago to springfield illinios. -rei > Of course we all know from watching CSI and other police procedurals that > film isn't needed - you can take a 640x480 video scan - from a VHS tape - > and zoom in 3 to 4 x to read a license plate on a rapidly moving vehicle! > Surely film like this has had its day when you can do that! > > Shuddering. > > Adam > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey