[Leica] OT: Help! How many Megapixels needed?

[Richard Man]

I meant 35mm film of course. If you shoot 4x5 :-), then 16x20" is a
cakewalk :-)

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
wrote:

> If your goal is no larger than 16x20", then a 12-16 MP sensor would be
> sufficient. For film, then you do need the best film/lens combination,
> unless you do not mind the grain.
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I agree, discounting the appeal of film which has its own characteristics.
>> I would never compare Kodachrome to digital and expect to get similar
>> results. Kodachrome doesn't enlarge the same at all.  With digital the
>> grain does not interfere with the image, with Kodachrome, the grain
>> defines
>> the image.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Larry Zeitlin wrote:
>> >
>> > >>>
>> > For people that want to produce 11” x 14” to 16” x 20” prints or publish
>> > their work in most consumer magazines, not display gigantic Colorama
>> sized
>> > prints from minuscule portions of the frame area, does the number of
>> pixels
>> > really matter? Inquiring minds want to know.
>> >         Larry Z
>> > <<<
>> >
>> > Yes and no.  For prints up to 18" x 24" (I haven't printed larger) the
>> > DMR's 10MP has been adequate to make gallery owners swoon, and there's
>> no
>> > way I'd try printing a Kodachrome image that size and expect similar
>> > quality.
>> >
>> > OTOH one of the stock agencies I'm working with has minimum pixel
>> > requirements and the DMR's 10MP doesn't leave a lot of headroom for
>> > cropping.  The a7II's 24MP gives me a lot more cropping flexibility.
>> YMMV.
>> >
>> > Doug Herr
>> > Birdman of Sacramento
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>> > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
>> >
>> >
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