I'm sorry, but 'twice the resolution of 35mm film is bull'. I have the
Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 and scan all my pics at 5500x3500 and, frankly, I'm
not getting everything out of the film that I could with higher resolutions.
A big jump, no question, but still marketing hype.
CMOS is never going to match CCD quality either.
Tom
> Speaking of CCD chips, in yesterday's San Jose Mercury News,
> there was an article about a new digital chip breakthrough
> that will make digital "snapshots cheaper and easier".
>
> The chip is developed by Foveon Inc., a Santa Clara-based
> company. It gives 4096x4096 pixels, "about twice the
> resolution of 35mm film". And because it is a CMOS device
> instead of CCD, it will be much cheaper to manufacture.
>
> For the full story, go to:
> www.mercurycenter.com/premium/business/docs/digphoto12.htm
>
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