Re: 6X6 digital backs.

[Sdmey4@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/28/99 8:51:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
jarthurdavis@earthlink.net writes:

<< Last week I went to look at  the digital backs over at Megavision. They 
are in
 > Santa Barbara , Calif.    There were two, one a  4 meg.  pixel back and the
 > other a 6 meg.  pixel back. The 6 meg. back giving color 18 meg. files,  
was
 > going for  $23,000.00  US.  I sort of choked when I herd the price.
 >    When I looked at the 24x36 inch prints on display,  I could just start 
seeing
 > the pixels appear.  I have to admit that
 > I gave them a close look, and it was just on the edge.    The print 
quality was
 > beautiful.  Images were first rate.
 > The images had a quality hard to achieve with negatives of any size.
 > I would love to have one, I just can't justify the cost,  I don't have 
nearly
 > the volume of work to justify it.
 > Robert H. >>

If I can get a 24x36 in print from a 18mb file I'm all for it. There has got 
to be some awesome software interpolation. Why do my 300lpi 16x20's need 
100mb approximately? I believe there are Kodak Cameras out there that will 
capture 18mb for around 7,000.00.
I must be missing something here..other than the optics of 6x6 cameras.
Steve M.
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