Can a digital camera match the resolution of a 35mm?

Can a digital camera match the resolution of a 35mm?

Mark Comon (Vice President, Paul's Photo, Torrance, CA) gives expert video advice on: What's the difference between a film camera and a digital camera?; Why are some people still buying film cameras? and more...

If you're talking about raw resolution, 35mm still outperforms digital. If you take a high-quality 35mm image, made with a top-quality Leica lens or a top quality Nikon or top-quality Canon lens, those images, when scanned using a high-quality scanner will produce a file 130 to 150 megabytes worth of data, huge amounts of data. Today, I can take digital pictures with a 12 or 16 or 20 megabyte digital camera and make better prints than I ever could have made with film because of the whole digital technology where I take the high-quality digital file, take it into the computer, process it myself, and print it digitally. The bottom line is, I'm making better prints today, larger prints, even though I don't have the raw resolution. It's amazing what we can do with today's digital technology.