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- From: Matthew D. Kirkwood <mdkirkwood@mmm.com>
- Subject: Re: What will it really take to replace FILM!
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 00:56:11 GMT
- X-XXDate: Wed, 23 Dec 92 00:52:25 GMT
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- Howdy all, this is my first post, I hope it works out.
-
- In article <2332@sousa.tay.dec.com> Stephen R Faust,
- faust@asds.enet.dec.com writes:
- >So, what do you feel is technically required to obtain this, and how
- far off
- >do you think it is. Is 150MB enough to get a high quailty image
- capable of
- >35mm quality (I think is not, but dont know for sure). Can we have CCD
- units
-
- Based on the assumption that a _good_ color film has a resolution of less
- than 150 lines/mm (this assumption should be very good), the resolution
- of a 35mm frame is:
- 36mm*150 lines/mm = 5400 lines
- 24mm*150 lines/mm = 3600 lines
- i.e. 5400 x 3600 pixels on a 35mm slide. Therefore, a digital camera
- should have a minimum of that resolution to beat a really good film.
- 5400*3600*3 bytes/pixel = 55.6 MBytes
- for a 24bit image.
-
- So, a 55 MByte image should be as good as almost any film.
-
- Producing hardcopies of the image are another matter. The eye cannot
- resolve much more than 300 DPI (I don't have the exact value handy). So
- a continuous tone printer at 300 DPI is as good as a person can detect.
- An 8x10 image at 300DPI and 24 bits/pixel takes up about 24 MBytes.
-
- Matthew Kirkwood
- mdkirkwood@mmm.com
- 3M Digital Imaging Applications Center
- "Anything I say is the opinion of me only, not my employer."
-