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Re: Digital vs scanning

  • From: P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: Digital vs scanning
  • Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 16:16:12 -0700

>Clearly you are hung up on digital, but I wouldn't dismiss scanning quite so
>quickly. One day digital cameras might be the way to go, but in today's "real
>world," a print from standard 35mm is INFINITELY superior to a digital master.
>All of the digital cameras I've seen so far are early technology, and the
>output just isn't very good.

You need to get out more. :-)

You are obviously not including Kodak's professional digital cameras in
your comments.  These are a Nikon or Cannon 35mm SLR camera body with a
6 megapixel imaging element.  That gives you 3060x2036 resolution at
better than 24bits, which is at least on the same order of magnitude as
film.  This is an order of magnitude better than your typical "Apple Quick
Take" 640x480 digital camera, which is probably what you are thinking
of.

Check out http://www.kodak.com/daiHome/DCS/tech.shtml for more info.

Of course, megapixels requires megabucks...

	-Greg


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