Resolution from a 4 mega pixel point and shoot digital camera
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After 50 years of shooting film, I've switched to digital. However, I decided a shirt-pocket point-and-shoot would be the best for the photography I do now. I paid full retail for a 4 mega pixil Minolta DiMAGE G400 and I've been very happy with it. I realized that I had this fairly decent portrait to use in comparing with the B&W and color film portraits that I've had on the web for several years, so here it is.

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Pinhole Photography - An old pinhole photograph is compared to a modern 35mm photo of the re-created scene with an explanation of the process for making a large-format pinhole photograph using photo enlarging paper.

Photographic Perspective - Our experience with photography gives us the impression that the focal length of the lens will create a particular perspective in the resulting photograph. However, the photos shown here illustrate that it is camera-to-subject distance, not lens focal length that makes the difference.

Stereo Photography - A stereo photo pair is displayed with instruction for viewing in 3-D by the "cross-eyed" technique. There is also a brief account of my experience with stereo photo systems and links to several excellent and comprehensive sites on stereo photography.

Film Resolution - A portrait of a young woman and enlargements of her eyes demonstrate the degree of resolution I was able to obtain with B&W 35mm film.

Bridal Portrait - A portrait of a young bride and enlargements of her eyes demonstrate the degree of resolution achieved with 35mm colorprint film.

Digital Portrait - A portrait of a young woman using a 4 mega pixil "point and shoot" Minolta DiMAGE digital camera. Indoor with on-camera flash and all automatic. The overall image was cropped a little from the original, resized, and saved at 70% in ArcSoft. Then the eyes were cropped, resized, and saved at 70%.



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Posted 4/12/06