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Grant S. Hamilton III, MD

Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2009;11(3):205-209.

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Many facial plastic surgeons have abandoned film for standardized patient photography because of the lower recurring costs and easier workflow of digital imaging.^1-2 Because of these advantages, many authors recommend digital image capture but caution that film is still the gold standard for clinical photography owing to its superior image quality.^2-5 Although there is a consensus that film provides a better image than digital imaging, there is some disagreement about the resolution of 35-mm slide film. Ratner et al⁵ stated that slide film has a resolution of 4096 x 2736 pixels, yielding an 11.2-million-pixel image. Other authors^6-8 disagree, saying that film has a resolution of 15 to 100 million pixels. Several studies^8-10 have directly compared the image quality of 35-mm slide film with that of digital cameras. Universally, they have confirmed that 35-mm slide film is the practical benchmark for image quality in standardized patient . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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