On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 07:52:29 -0400, Christien Bunting wrote: > [...] Minolta Dimage Multi Pro Medium format scanner so we will > get something like a 80Mege Pixel image [...] > > Are there any necessary accessories I should be looking at ?
1) MEMORY MEMORY MEMORY ... an 80 Mpixel image will consume most of 256MB of memory at 24-bit color, and the best part of 512MB at 48-bit. I'd say 1GB of memory is the lowest level you'd want to look at. 2) A bloody great hard drive, for the same reasons. A 40GB drive will only hold about 150 80Mpixel images at 24-bit color, half that at 48-bit color. 3) A DVD-R or DVD-RW drive for archiving the raw scans, if you're going to do that. A CD will only hold about five 4,000 dpi scans of 35mm negative film at 48-bit color. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
