Re: [OM] How many bits/pixel does a digital image need?

[W Shumaker]

Exactly! A good friend of mine says people are obsessed with megapixels
but what he wants is more Z-axis. The only people who are going to
realize 11mp with their cameras are those who consistently use a tripod.
Many images are rendered quite well with lower pixel counts, as
witnessed by John Lind's "Kokomo Opalescent Glass Factory", shot with
high speed B&W film. You can't tell me John needed 11mp of resolution.
What he needed was Z-axis range for the tonality.

<http://johnlind.tripod.com/kog/kog031.html>

Wayne