The GIGApixel camera...check this out
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Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
I thought this was interesting though, in the technical section of the site there was a passing mention that 35mm film is capable of producing maybe a 12 megapixel image. Which means perhaps that there's not much point in me scanning my 35mm film at the full 4000 dpi the scanner is capable of (produces a 19mp image).
Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
I was thinkin recently about picking up a Yashicamat 124G TLR to do the medium format thing but I don't think a Nikon Coolscan 4000 ED can accept anything bigger than 35mm negs.
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It's not for sale, and it's not technically digital.
It's basically custom made and takes really big film. The negatives are 18x9 inches. For comparison a 35mm negative is 24 x 36 millimeters.
The lens used on the camera is ridiculously higher resolution than anything commercially available. They use really fine grained film, and scan the film with high resolution scanners such that the 18x9" negative provides at least 1000 pixels worth of resolution after scanning.
The reason for scanning as opposed to regular photographic printing is because no enlarger lens is sharp enough to maintain the level of detail in the 18x9" negative.
It's basically custom made and takes really big film. The negatives are 18x9 inches. For comparison a 35mm negative is 24 x 36 millimeters.
The lens used on the camera is ridiculously higher resolution than anything commercially available. They use really fine grained film, and scan the film with high resolution scanners such that the 18x9" negative provides at least 1000 pixels worth of resolution after scanning.
The reason for scanning as opposed to regular photographic printing is because no enlarger lens is sharp enough to maintain the level of detail in the 18x9" negative.
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