John Beardmore wrote: >> I'm looking forward to a point though where the cameras are still >> the same sort of size, but the resolution is much better than 35mm >> ever was. Fingers crossed, though subjectively I think we may be >> getting there. I get the impression that my current 10 megapixel >> camera has better resolution than 35mm film, certainly at 400 ASA. >> In some modes (which are admittedly lower resolution), it has much >> better light sensitivity than 400 ASA too. It's all getting quite >> impressive, though the user interfaces could do with being less >> extrovert and more informative I guess.
We're certainly getting there, and for most people, we're there already. Kodachrome 64 film could record about the same detail as a 24MP camera, more or less. KR25 might rival a 30 or 33MP camera. Nikon's D3X camera produces images of 24.5MP on a sensor very close to the same size as a frame of 35mm film. Canon has two cameras that produce 21.1MP images (and one of those costs less than $3k). That's the high end, of course but then again, getting images that sharp on film required a tripod and expensive glass. In practice, with hand- held images, I doubt most film pictures are really much better than a 15-18MP image (if that). -- Henry
