8 Aug
2005
8 Aug
'05
2:47 p.m.
Re: "I reckon that a good 35mm camera (good meaning a top-end lens and
fine grain film) is equivalent to 12-20 megapixels."
My understanding from the camera companies, which I've heard more than once
(and going back to 2000, before any such digital cameras existed) is that
they consider 35mm film about the equivalent of 6 megapixels. It's not
This may well be the case for a reasonable compact camera with a zoom
lens, and normal colour print film processed in the the local overnight
photo shop (actually, I think 6Mpixels is better than that...). I also
think that a top-end fixed focal length lens, fine grain film, and
careful processing/printing will be a lot better than that.
-tony