15 Jul
1999
15 Jul
'99
10:26 p.m.
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
'Fantastic Pictures' tells me nothing. Have
you attempted to measure the
resolution? If so, how?
"Fantastic" being that when you look at the picture you can see the same
detail on a computer screen as you'd get from a scanned photo. As far as
I'm concerend, that's good enough.
Because they're convenient? No film to buy, you
can erase your mistakes,
you can stick the results in a computer document or on a web page, etc.
Exactly, and that's why they are useful. In a few years, this argument
will be moot as the digital cameras coming out will impress even you.
Err... You do realise that's the equivalent of
about 4 or 5 lines per
milimeter on an equivalent 35mm frame. And that the _worst_ SLR lens than
one of the major UK photographic magazines ever tested gave something
like 40 lines/mm. And that was noticeably unsharp...
If I can see the detail of the structures I've taken pictures of in the
tiny 1" x 1" viewfinder then they should come out just fine on a 15" or
17" monitor.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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