[rollei_list] Re: Quiet, Please! - LPM Image Resolution

  • From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:54:17 -0500

99.9% of commercial photography is LOW RES with low technical
requirements... that is why digital could flourish while still in it's
infancy...

Eric Goldstein

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On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Well Elias, that seems to have woken everybody up from their siesta ;-)
>>
>> Thanks everybody for all that, very interesting (although some of Emmanuel's
>> went way over my A-level physics syllabus!) I thought the Lancia Theta was a
>> car ;-)
>>
>> Having really only wanted to get a DSLR so I could digitise my negative film
>> strips to make contact sheets, the choice between a Nikon and a Canon fell
>> in favour of the Canon because of the availability of an adapter for Rollei
>> lenses. The adapter costing 10 UKP, has not broken the bank if it is a
>> complete waste of time. Certainly the 'cheap plastic' Canon 17-55mm zoom
>> gives quite good results.
>>
>> In running the tests, I am surprised at the quality of even a basic DSLR
>> using technology is 3 years old. I do feel that the images are 'soft' when
>> enlarged and looking at current DSLR test reports in Amateur Photographer,
>> most digital cameras can only just resolve about 20 lpm whereas I seem to
>> remember that in the days of similar tests with film cameras, they could
>> resolve far higher lpm. Unfortunately I cannot find any period tests that
>> have these figures as a comparison.
>>
>> Is my memory failing me?
>>
>> John
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> 99.9% of all commercial and most all else photography is digital now. Its
> nice that we on this camrea list find it viable. What's surprising is that
> we would be surprised.
>
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> Mark William Rabiner
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