Re: filmscanners: 2700ppi a limiting factor in sharpness?

["Dave King" <kingphoto@mindspring.com>]

Austin,

I want to apologize for the brusque tone in my previous post.  What I
should have said, and am saying now, is that based on what you write
here I doubt you would think these particular prints look great.  And
that, of course, is your choice, and it's OK with me that you probably
wouldn't think they look great.  I was being defensive:)

You do make valuable contributions to this list, even if you are a
propeller head:)  And photographic artists everywhere are in debt to
the engineers who understand and design the wonderful and complex
technological tools we all use to make the images that please us,
however they end up looking.  And there are many engineers of
sensitivity who make wonderful photographs.

The point and shoot I referred to BTW, is an Olympus Stylus Epic, with
a fixed 35m f/2.8 that is at least the equal of any 50 year old
design.  And the grain structure of current 800 speed color neg film
is about the same as 50 year old medium speed B&W films such as
Bresson used.  So you see, it's not such a stretch.

Dave