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From: Invisible
Date: 18 Mar 2008 06:38:13
Message: <47dfa9a5$1@news.povray.org>
>> OTOH, if you can find me a 40 megapixel digital camera, I'll be impressed. 
>> :-P
> 
> A good scanner with a resolution of 4800x9600 (46 megapixels) will do.

I've yet to see any scanner that goes above 1200 x 1200. (Although many 
seem to feature a special "interpolation mode" that gives you more 
pixels. WTF?)

> There's a Canon one for 150 euros, so it's not like processing this kind of 
> image size is uncommon today.

My point being, anybody who can afford something like that is unlikely 
to try to email it to somebody. ;-)

> In any case, 40 megapixels is the top range for professional digital 
> cameras. They're not hard to find. Expensive though...
> And here are 160 and 470 mexapixels cameras:

OMG! o_O

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