I suggest checking out this website:
My recollection is the first DSLR these guys thought was as good as film
was a 16Mpixel Canon EOS 1. I can't recall the exact variant (Mark 1,
mark 2, etc.) If you don't own that camera (or maybe the 22Mpixel model
that is going to replace it), the DSLR will not be as good as scanned
film. However, if you can control your work to the point where you don't
need to crop very much, you can get acceptable results with a lesser
camera.
I attended a talk by Jim Sugar (National Geographic and other mags) a
few months ago. I haven't followed through on this, but he said Getty
Images and Digital Railroad have on their websites what they consider an
acceptable camera to produce stock images for them to sell.
ppatton@bgnet.bgsu.edu wrote:
>Thanks for the suggestions about my Polaroid SprintScan. I got
>home too late tonight to try them, but will soon. This list is
>much more helpful than Polaroid tech support. I also have some
>questions on another matter. I'm considering buying a Nikon D200
>digital camera, and I'd like some opinions on the relative merits
>of film followed by scanning vs. digital photography. Are there
>still any major advantages to sticking with film plus scanning
>over going fully digital? (I'll still need to have a working
>scanner anyway, because I have lots of old slides that I haven't
>scanned yet). I do lots of macrophotography (mostly butterflies
>and dragonflies), as well as landscape photography and would
>especially appreciate comments on the relative merits of film
>plus scanning vs. digital photography for these sorts of
>applications.
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>Dr. Paul Patton
>Life Sciences Building Rm 538A
>work: (419)-372-3858
>home: (419)-352-5523
>Biology Department
>Bowling Green State University
>Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
>
>"The most beautiful thing we can experience is
>the mysterious. It is the source of all true art
>and science."
>-Albert Einstein
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