Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 03 October 2000, John Coan wrote: > > Speaking of TIFF files, remember the Montana fire picture I posted a > link to last week? Well, I did some exploring and found a link buried > in the Web site for the US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land > Management, Alaska Fire Service. It was taken with a digital camera, so > I figure this 5.6 MB TIFF file is the original format, and the best > resolution of that picture we or anybody else is going to get. > > I wish I had a decent printer so I could make an "original" print and > display it. > > If anyone is interested here is the link and instructions on how to > download the picture. The link is in an FTP directory so it's not as > simple as most Internet files to retrieve. Let me know if you have > problems. > > Also, if anyone does get it who is a digital photography whiz how about > posting to the group something about the quality of the original file. > IOW, how good is it? If I were to take the file to a service bureau and > ask them to make an 11 x 14, would it look decent? Or, should I stick > to 8 x 10? > > To get it click on http://fire.ak.blm.gov/ > > Then click on AFS FTP Site in the left frame. > > Then click on jmac > > The file name is elkbath.tif > > John, Ordinarily when I make an 8x10 print from an RGB file I expect photographic quality if I have an 18 MB file. IMHO an 11x14 is out, and a 7x10 may be stretching the limits too far. It's a fantastic image but having looked at the TIFF file I wouldn't expect photographic quality much bigger than 5x7. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt - -------------------------------------------------- Visit the Northwestern Alumni Association portal page at http://www.nualumni.com to get free web-based e-mail and many other exciting features.