| Author |
Message |
Bolshoy Huy
Guest
|
 Posted:
Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:
scanning vs. digicams |
|
|
http://pic.templetons.com/brad/photo/pixels.html
This guy seems smart.
here is his bio:
Brad Templeton founded ClariNet Communications Corp (the world's first
"dot-com.") He also created and publishes rec.humor.funny, the most
widely read USENET newsgroup and its web site, www.netfunny.com. He is
currently chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the
leading cyberspace civil rights foundation.
Do his findings still hold true in 2005?
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Guest
|
| Posted:
Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: scanning vs. digicams |
|
|
Bolshoy Huy wrote:
| Quote: | http://pic.templetons.com/brad/photo/pixels.html
Do his findings still hold true in 2005?
|
Canon sensors have 36 bits, not just 24 or 8. The same is true of
several other dSLR sensors (such as Kodak's).
Foveon sensors don't interpolate; every pixel transmits RGB data.
I believe the author is out-of-date, and I doubt his claim of 20
MP/frame was ever accurate, or, at least, practically accurate.
Besides, some cameras have more than 20 MP. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Jim
Guest
|
| Posted:
Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: scanning vs. digicams |
|
|
"Bolshoy Huy" <bolshoyhuy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131766030.522070.199170@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | http://pic.templetons.com/brad/photo/pixels.html
This guy seems smart.
here is his bio:
Brad Templeton founded ClariNet Communications Corp (the world's first
"dot-com.") He also created and publishes rec.humor.funny, the most
widely read USENET newsgroup and its web site, www.netfunny.com. He is
currently chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the
leading cyberspace civil rights foundation.
Do his findings still hold true in 2005?
At a glance, I can't see that anything has changed. We are still limited to |
256 levels of any color, and there doesn't seem to be any movement for
change. The limiting item here is the printer.
We still don't need more than 300 dpi (if that many), and the limiting
factor is still the printer.
The wonder of it all is that digital prints look so good in spite of the
limitations of the technology.
Jim |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ
Memberlist
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in