Digicam vs. Scanner resolutions

[byard pidgeon <bluedove@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Supposedly, 6 megapixels is the threshold point for making "real" photos
with a digicam...but, making a "real" photo quality neg or slide with a film
recorder requires just under 12 megapixels (and a good FR, like a PCR II at
least).

So, it seems to me that what we really need are 12 megapixel digicams, and
we're only halfway there.

I'm defining the quality factor as being sufficient to make a neg that
produces a photo print of at least 11X and preferably 16X that's
indistinguishable from a camera neg.

Along the same lines, my film scanner yields about 14 megapixels...doesn't
it make sense that 12-14 megapixels is what we need in a pro quality
digicam?

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