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Subject: [OM] Re: Holy cow, Batman. $460 for a new e-1.
From: Saso <VS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 07:20:18 +0200
In the message I received, Chuck Norcutt writes:

>VS wrote:

[Reviewers singing unsubstantiated praises to latest gizmos called
flippant.]

>You should be careful of charges of flippancy.  I have a 24x36" print of 
>a portrait rezzed up from a D30 image. 

I did not say D30 can't produce good images. Calling results from a 3MP
camera better than what a 35mm film camera can produce is a serious case
of flippancy. That statement was later revised by person that made it to
say that it is only true to a certain print size.

>                                        It's absolutely gorgeous.  Would 
>35mm film show higher resolution?  Maybe.

Depends on film, doesn't it? ;-)

>                                           Since it's a portrait the 
>resolution demands aren't high.  But there's no question in my mind that 
>no 35mm color film could have produced this image since it would be 
>pretty much nothing but grain.

That's a shame. Having a closed mind prevents eyes from seeing what is
really there.

Cheers,

Saso
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