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Re: [OM] Mega Pixel equivalent of medium format negatives

Subject: Re: [OM] Mega Pixel equivalent of medium format negatives
From: Chris Weir <chris.a.weir@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 16:44:49 +0000
Approximately 90Mpixels

(528000 * 1024 * 8)/(16*3)

i.e. the number of bits divided by (the number of channels * the number of
bits per channel)

Chris.

On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 4:27 PM, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here is a question attributable to just mild curiosity.
>
> I have scanned several 6 x 7 colour negatives taken with a Mamiya 7 II
> medium format rangefinder.
>
> At the most extreme size, some of the 16 bit/ch TIFF files are 528,000 kb
> each.
>
> If one wanted to generate a similarly sized TIFF file from a digital raw
> file what would the megapixel rating have to be of the camera ?
>
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