Forget about cropping 35mm film, it is too grainy even uncropped when
compare to digital.
C.H.Ling
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>
> What about this:
> Take a 300mm, full-frame image.
> Scan it at 4000dpi and throw most of it away.
> Crop it and resize to a 5mp image central image (effectively 600mm).
>
> How would they compare? Does it make sense to spend all those
> thousands on premium glass if you're only gonna end up with 5mp? If
> you're shooting tennis for SI, I'm sure it does. On the other
> hand, it's academic to me cause I can't even DREAM that big this
> year.
>
> Lama
>
> (Stir, stir, stir....)
>
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