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Subject: [OM] Re: Film vs. Digital @ equivalent 9 x 6 print then cropped and enlarged
From: Andrew Gullen <andrew.gullen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 08:33:03 -0400
Once you're getting a "clear look at the grain" (sampling at better than the
grain "frequency") you're out of the grain-aliasing zone.

Andrew

on 2004/08/15 8:12 AM, R.Jackson at jackson.robert.r@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> Not being a professional or a scientist or anything, I should probably
> shut up, but my own impression is that you don't get a lot more useful
> information out of film by scanning it at super-high resolutions. Yes,
> there's more there to be seen at higher magnifications, but not really
> image data. It seems that you're just getting a clearer look at the
> grain structure past a point.
> 
> On Aug 15, 2004, at 1:00 AM, Simon Worby wrote:
> 
>> Again, I don't think scanning a negative at 4000 dpi does film any
>> justice at all (please see previous e-mails). It's simply not a level
>> playing field.


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