You all missed the original point, it was talking about pixel resolution
comparison in luminous-landscape's site, not about other digital quality.
You happy with a 3MP DC is another issue.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I looked at Clark's site a number of years ago before I ever held a
> digital camera. At that point he was saying 8MP would be necessary
> to equal film which seemed impossible technically. Not long after
> that I got a 3MP Sony and was amazed. I lost all interest in what he
> had to say. People have a point of view and they rationalize it,
> sometimes very elaborately. Interesting that he now finds that 15MP
> is now needed to equal a 35mm film frame.
>
> Of course there is more to an image than resolution and I think that
> Norman Koren is the only one to try to quantify that using
> information theory. Astonishingly his results actually correspond
> closely to the judgement of most people who look at images instead of
> the source information about them.
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, CA
> USA
>
>
> On Oct 5, 2006, at 11:04 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> I've never seen Clark's stuff before and it will take a while to
>> digest.
>> However, the comparison on Luminous Landscape was to Provia 100F and
>> not Velvia. According to Clarks graphs the Provia has luminosity
>> resolution up to 12MP but the color information is only good to
>> 7MP. I
>> don't know what Clark's test equipment is but, as we've already
>> seen in
>> Moose's tests of the 5D and 300D all pixels are not created equal.
>> The
>> D30 has very big pixels.
>>
>> In any case, regardless of the theory, I (personally) didn't see
>> enough
>> difference to worry about. That's my bottom line.
>
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