I'm not at all certain. It seems that when the 10,000 pixel image is
compressed down to 2,000 pixels the added resolution will be lost. I'll have
to try this with an E-500 in TIFF Raw and then compressed JPG.
>
>I'm still puzzled.
>
>Let's suppose we have two cameras, one (a) with
>2,000 pixels on the long side, and another (b) with 10,000 pixels on the
>long side, and take a photo with each.
>
>Now suppose we print them each
>in a print which is 2,000 inches wide (on the long side). Forget the
>absurdity of the dimensions for the moment.
>
>My supposition is that the
>print from (b) will be 5 times sharper (5 x more detail) than the one
>from (a) because each inch from it contains information from 5 pixels,
>not just 1 pixel.
>
>Reply?
>
Chris
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