wrote:
Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:
Brad Sanborne wrote:

Now why on earth did you do all that math over when the same calculations
were already done in the last paragraph?

Because your's were wrong.
29x != 27x (actually 26.8111...x) and 36x != 35x (actually 34.952x).

So does this in anyway change his point?

- *Oh* *My* *Goddess*, *A* *168x* *Microscope* (and, doesn't apply,
but you could come up with 29x)
versus
- at best 27x

and

- *Oh* *My* *Goddess*, *A* *56x* *Microscope* (and, doesn't apply,
but you could come up with 36x)
versus
- By *your* numbers it's 35x, but it's really 21x.


(and that's still assuming 96dpi is correct, which it isn't:
more and more monitors have denser pixels --- mine for example
is currently running at 117dpi (but could do 122dpi --- yes,
it's a big CRT) giving 22x and 27x-or-really-17x)


Maybe you should read what I wrote, not the
partial (and misleadingly snipped) account from Braddy Boy,
where he accuses *me* because *he* can't do his math.

In fact IMHO you make it for him! :-)

What? His point is "Oh My Goddess, They Are All 168x Plus Factor
Extreme Pixel Peepers Snapshooters" wheras mine is "The loupes have
increased by a factor of 2 for equivalent measures, and that's
it --- we just demand more from our lenses these days".

If you really can't differenciate between me and someone who
throws around terms like "dissecting microscope", "pixel-peeper
beginner photographer who wants to pretend they are an instant
pro", "Insta-Pro Snapshooters", "desperately look for something
that might be worthwhile in their snapshots at a pixel level",
"They have totally missed the big picture .... and probably always
will." and claims (completely unsupported) that "sensor-noise and
resolution" is now "the determining factor in quality photography"
.... well, in that case you can be excused.

It's quite obvious that Braddy boy not only fluked at math but
is also a pretend-photographer (he tries to make us think he is
one by cleverly "remembering" film days and smearing vaseline
on filters and excessive use of the word "we" and ranting how
unphotographic he, ah, I meant, everyone _else_ is).

-Wolfgang