Re: Be careful what you wish for!

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Qkano <snapper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>>I just bought a Fuji 610 pocket digital camera with 6 Mpx which 
>> interpolates to 12 Mpx because of the way Fuji does its 
>>overlapping pixels. 

> This strategy is easy to emulate: take all your pictures with the
> normal-sensor camera held at 45 degrees - then you can interpolate
> up - the way Fuji do.

<grin>

> In fact, maybe we have the way to generate infinite detail:
> interpolate up, rotate 45degree in PS, interpolate up, rotate
> 45degree in PS, interpolate up .........
>
> OK, maybe the photos are good: as a user though I would be miffed at
> meeding 12MPx worth of storage to save 6MPx worth of information.
> Alchemists have indeed turned base metal (lead) into gold, but they
> have still to work out how to create real information where none
> existed ....

No need to store the 12 megapixel version; the 6 megapixel version
contains essentially all of the information available. 
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