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are equivalent to 35 mm film  Sandra S , Aug 24, 2000; 01:22
a.m.  I had a discussion with a friend yesterday and he said if
DI reaches 9 million pixel it will have the same quality than a
fine grain 35 mm film (let´s assume Velvia). What do you think,
is this true? I don´t want to start a DI-traditional photography
war here, I´m just interested in verifying his statement (I
don´t do any DI and I don´t intend to).         1   |   2   |  
3   |   4     Next    Last  Michael Hohner , Aug 24, 2000; 01:28
a.m.  A good film (as Velvia) and good lenses can resolve about
120 lp/mm, i.e. 240 pixels/mm. This means a 35mm frame has a
resolution of 36*240*24*240=4976640 (almost 50 MPixels). You can
use Moor