Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There must be a correlation between DPI and quality of print. 10 dots per inch is for sure not enough and 10,000 DPI is totally over the top. Hence, it must be between those extremes. I understand that "quality of print" is some how subjective. I am one of those stupid guys that thinks that 300 DPI delivers acceptable prints. I must have missed something. Please, explain. Regards J?rg -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jorg.willems=pp.inet.fi@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jorg.willems=pp.inet.fi@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Frank Dernie Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 9:58 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] More signs of the Digital Age I have met people who assume there is a "natural" print resolution of 300dpi. They quote print sizes this way, stupid but true. Frank On 10 Nov, 2004, at 02:58, Frank Filippone wrote: > So I go to my local camera store to buy some film. This store has > been in > business for a good 40 years, under the same family . While there, I > inquire about scanning my rolls and placing them on a CD rather than > cheapo > prints. Fine. Low res scans for a roll are roughly $12 including film > processing. > (Then I get stupid.) > They also process and scan 6x6 120 film, but only Hi res scans. > (Now I get REALLY stupid.) > So what are the file sizes for a hi res scan? ( I ask the lovely lady > at the > counter.) She responds with the following.... > > 30x40 Print size. > > What the $%#$** was I told? How can a person translate from print > size to > file size? What about the invented pixels, are they included? > > I'm very confused........ > > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > _______________________________________________ > 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