[ale] great digital camera?

[James P. Kinney III]

I think that Irv has it backwards. Can any affordable digital camera
come close to the resolution quality of even a disposable, emulsion-film
camera. The answer is still no. The film has a definition range that
exceeds the digital camera by at least an order of magnitude. 

A friend of mine is a professional photographer. He has a collection of
(think HUNDREDS) of camera that include both digital and film. He uses
the digitals to stage a shot and the film to record it. He has grumbled
about the grain appearing in digital blow-ups at 8"x10" that doesn't
show up until 24"x30" on cheap film. Never mind that there is film that
can survive blow-ups to 1000x original size and still have sharpness.

My Nikkon 6006 with Kodak 100 will blow up great to 8x10. Then scanned
at 600dpi (HUGE FILES!) is a great basis for digital photography.

But the digital cameras are way cool in the ability delete a bad picture
on the fly. They are also fundamentally different in the light gathering
aspects. Which is why astronomers like them so much.

On Mon, 2002-08-19 at 10:02, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> Not on a bet!  It's very, very hard to beat a Nikon F-series with an AF
> Nikkor zoom and a roll of Kodachrome 25.
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> On Mon, 2002-08-19 at 09:47, Irv Mullins wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 12:03, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > > > I am looking for a good digital camera that is compatible with Linux. I
> > > > guess my resolution should be 800x600. I just want to take snapshots -
> > > > like a 35mm camera or disposable camera would. Can anyone recommend a
> > > > nice camera?
> > 
> > My question is, short of the $5,000 professional Nikon class, do any digital 
> > cameras produce results as good as can be gotten from a same-priced 
> > conventional camera?
> >  
> > Irv
> 
> Irv
> 
> 
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