[Leica] PIXEL PITCH SIZE/large prints

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> Steve Barbour asks:
> 
> "how large are the prints that people are now making ? people like us,
> who are not decorating the side of buses...?
> 20x30 " ?   bigger  ? or  8x10" or maybe not at all  ?  maybe mostly
> internet 800 pixel jpegs ?
> one gets an impression that as people talk bigger, less prints of any
> size are now being  made...
> of course some few are making huge prints, how many ?....less than a
> majority...?"
> 
> In absolute numbers?  I'll bet more rather than fewer, because things
> like 24" and 44" inkjet printers (and rentals of such) are now readily
> available and produce great results.   As large as my epson 9900 is,
> it's very small compared to the darkroom and enlarger that could create
> a 43x95 print.   And I make such prints with composites of 35mm FF
> digital images, something I could never manage in the darkroom, though
> some could.
> 
> So in absolute terms, it's easier to make large and very large prints.
> 
> In *relative* terms snap-load-email-to-some-web-page is easier than ANY
> scheme with film, and so I'm sure the point that smallish .jpegs and
> smallish prints dominate on % of volume is totally true.   And of
> course, current cameras already saturate these image sizes....
> 


The Epson 3800 and now 3800 has been ubiquitous in for years the standard of
the industry and for most workers used to dark rooming their serious stuff
16x20 for a shot or portfolio this covers it as it goes to 17x22 which is a
size hard to fit under your arm in a portfolio as you walk down the street.
At least with the handle at the top.

I was able to print 20x24 in the darkroom but made a ton more 16x20's.
Now a ton more people can print bigger than 11x14 then before.

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Mark William Rabiner