Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hold on.....in the old days, I heard stories about photographers who would make MF sized dupes from 35mm negatives to fool magazine editors who wouldn't accept 35mm film. I am absolutely certain that if you upsampled your D100 images to whatever size the magazine required, they wouldn't know the difference. I guess I should have prefaced this with a "most normal magazine, such as SI, NG, the various newsmagazines", and then, only maybe. Just MHO. -dan c. At 08:18 PM 21-09-04 -0230, Greg Locke wrote: >In the reproduction and printing press world the higher end magazines and >publications need 450 dpi (due to presses that do more than 4 colour process >now) at a given size. >My Nikon D100 gives me 10 X 6.5 inches at 300 dpi from it 6MP chip. >Dirty math tells me that 5X7 is the maximum size I can get if 450 dpi is the >minimum resolution permitted. > >The 5 or 6 assignments I shot on film since last August were for >publications that fell into this category. > >...hence more pixels DO MEAN better quality to these publications. > >But you are right. This is a high end pro thing and something no hobbyist >(or most pros for that matter) would ever need. > >Right now I would be happy with a 6-8MP full 35mm chip in a manual >rangefinder that mounted Leica glass :^) > >...or have we discussed this one already? > > >Greg Locke >St. John's, Newfoundland >http://blog.greglocke.com > >> So maybe the truth is, a 5-8 mgp is just fine for 99.9% of >> us, so why are people knocking their brains out being sucked >> into the larger is better mgp myth when you can't see the difference? >> >> ted >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >