rec.photo.digital News Archive
Re: Have small, fixed-lens digital cameras passed their peak?

Date view Thread view Subject view Author view Attachment view

From: Ahle Wutz (ahlewutz_at_email.domain.hidden)
Date: Fri Apr 02 2004 - 23:17:23 EST

Well, that's been the case for a while. My generous 18" LCD has a
lousy 1.3 mp (1280x1024), which we long surpassed with cameras. Even
the largest and highest resolution monitors rarely go beyond 2 mp. So,
the screen is certainly not what we should use to judge resolution,
unless you view at 100% and shift the image back and forth. Otherwise,
I suggest to get large prints to judge resolution and a 11x17 or
larger print will certainly show much of that resolution difference.
Focus, motion blur, vignetting etc are different stories....

  AW

>Another factor is what is being used to judge resolution of the images.
>Few reviewers have an 8Mp monitor, and we are getting into realm where
>printers are starting to limit resolution of prints. If the reviewer
>crops, and shows a portion of the image for comparison, that is one
>thing, but if they are comparing a 4 Mp with an 8 Mp image by looking at
>the whole image, this is difficult.

        JP

(remove second underscore to email)

Date view Thread view Subject view Author view Attachment view


Feedback, Contact Us, Legal Information, Your Privacy
Copyright ©1998-2004 metro.isp Inc.    All rights reserved.