Now compare that with the 330 lines per mm you get from a typical
apo-lanthar or apo-tessar as were made back in the '30's . . .
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: digital cameras
>> Looking at a polaroid (I managed to get one within the last
>> few minutes), I think the usable resolution is way more than
>> 1200 pixles per row (say more than 200 lines per inch).
>
>I've just realised...
>
>If you have a 100mm wide print (normal sort of size) and 640 pixels,
>that's only 3 or 6 lpm (depending on whether you think a line is 1 pixel
>or 2). That's not a poor resolution, it's a non-existant resolution!
>
>Ouch!. Now I know why I can't stand those digital cameras.
>
>-tony
>
Received on Wed Jul 14 1999 - 20:36:00 BST