Re: Digital vs scanning

[P3D Marvin Jones <72657.3276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>It may not be valid to compare a scanner's element to the pickup in the
>camera.  A camera grabs the entire frame at once, so the image resolution is
>limited by that of the imaging chip.  A scanner has the leisure to move a
>pinpoint sensor or a beam of light across the slide, line by line.

It's a "valid" comparison insofar as the original message asked which (in the
comparable price range) would produce the better image. From extensive personal
experience I answered that the scanner would produce the better image by far.
Then someone else stepped up to the plate and said I was a complete ignoramus
and that the digital camera would produce every bit as good a picture. We played
"Does" "Doesn't" "Does" "Doesn't" for a couple of days. Your post explains why
scanners DO in fact produce significantly better images. If the original poster
wants to wait a few years or spend $30,000 or $40,000, the answer may, of
course, change.



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