What speeds and spectral sensitivity do these films have? The answer to that shows why they're not used for general photography.(posted 8745 days ago)Don't get me wrong; I'll be one of the first in line for the new film when it becomes available in some way in which it's actually possible to buy it. If there aren't any serious drawbacks it'll be wonderful stuff.
I think what's been confusing is that it's implied that such high resolution can be easily achieved by using an ordinary camera and lens. That lenses can achieve stunningly high resolution in the projected image isn't (or shouldn't be) in question; some published tests of Zeiss Hasselblad lenses showed maximum numbers of 400+ lp/mm, and an engineer at Perkin-Elmer tested his own 100 f2 Kinoptik lens out to the limit of the test equipment, 600 lp/mm (personal conversation).
But in no case that I've ever heard of has the camera _system_ maintained such high figures, limiting that of course to systems that are available to the public. What's in the bay of a TR-1 doesn't count.
So...we're really limited to how perfect the camera system is...and that's really not very good.
What I see as being revolutionary and exciting about the new film is that the RP of the film itself may no longer be of any real significance; the limits will be system quality and technique.