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Re:Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can ... by Seenso on Thursday January 30, 2020 @11:59AM (#22192925)
> MF is cheaper to acquire in film.

By "MF", I take it you mean medium format.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_format

That a very excellent point that emphasizes how technology is often about trade-offs, not linear advancement. With film, it's far cheaper to increase the sensor size because the sensor is literally a consumable item. With digital, the sensor is an sophisticated electronic component that it's much harder and expensive to fabricate the larger you make them.

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Re:Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can ... by mherdeg on Thursday January 30, 2020 @12:07PM (#22193012)
Yeah, basically for nostalgia and no other reason I prefer to shoot with full-frame sensors (like Nikon FX) rather than on the crop sensor (like DX). The larger-sensor digital bodies are considerably more expensive, even if they're years old and used.
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