[QUOTE=mwfanelli]My old 3 MP Canon G1 produced 8x10 prints that equaled or bettered 35mm film. My newer 4 MP Canon S400 creates 11x14 vastly superior to film. By the way, I rarely created 11x14 from 35mm film as the grain was almost always too obvious even for low ISO film.
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Michael, that is a gross over-generalization that is way out of touch with reality. What do you mean by superior to film? What film were you using? Do you know what film is the best quality in terms of sharpness and resolution in lab tests? Did you actually compare shots with a film camera under the same lighting, focal length, shutter speed, etc. with a digital shot using the same lense etc.? What was your subject? Did you examine the shots with a magnifying glass to look at sharpness?

Frankly film still has richer colour and tones than digital but adjustments and post prossessing are greatly reducing that weakness. In sharpness and resolution under tight comparison conditions, the lab results support what I have found through experience that 8 X 10 prints require 5.7 megapixels to match the sharpness of film.

Ronnoco