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04/11/2003 04:27:30 AM · #1 |
I just uploaded a file and am going to have it printed, but I was wondering if anyone has printed one this big yet and how does it look. Exspecial want to know from those with a D100, (I know of a couple of you that have interpolated images up to that size) Just want to know how much in quality you loose.
Well I may be answering that myself because I'm just going to go ahead and order one. What the heck. Just gotta live life on the edge. |
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04/11/2003 04:49:03 AM · #2 |
Not sure if this is any help at all, but I got a 20x16 print done (not on DPCprints) of Misty for my wall. The file dimensions used were 2400x1920 and it came out fine.
HTH
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04/11/2003 05:43:31 AM · #3 |
That's 4.6 Mp, for those who don't want to do the math(s). I'm surprised - I can get that out of the 602 quite happily. With the in-camera interpolation that puts the image size up to 6Mp, and then a little reduction to lose some of the artefacts, 4.5-ish is quite manageable.
Looking at FDI prints from 6Mp files at 10x8 though, I'd have thought that middle distance fine detail would get a little scrambled (and there's plenty of middle-diatnce fine detail in that shot). Surely the (print) resolution's only 120dpi?
Ed
Message edited by author 2003-04-11 05:44:09.
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04/11/2003 09:27:10 AM · #4 |
| I've done 20x30s from ezprints (the company that does the backend printing for dpPrints) and the results are fantastic. That's from a D60 file. I used colour profiles for their printers and had a near perfect colour match to my screen version. Extremely happy with it and it looks great on the wall! |
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04/11/2003 10:51:43 AM · #5 |
One of our test prints was a 20x30 at 72 DPI. We could not believe how good it looked. On a related note, another test I did was an 8x10 from a 640x480 file, and to this day, I do not know how the quality is so good.
Drew |
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04/11/2003 11:11:18 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by e301:
That's 4.6 Mp, for those who don't want to do the math(s). I'm surprised - I can get that out of the 602 quite happily. With the in-camera interpolation that puts the image size up to 6Mp, and then a little reduction to lose some of the artefacts, 4.5-ish is quite manageable.
Looking at FDI prints from 6Mp files at 10x8 though, I'd have thought that middle distance fine detail would get a little scrambled (and there's plenty of middle-diatnce fine detail in that shot). Surely the (print) resolution's only 120dpi?
Ed |
I guess, but it looks fine. I mean, if you go over it really closely, or with a magnifying glass, you can see some minor loss of detail, but I would say that it's at least as good as the quality of print you would buy in a shop, if not better. It's certainly good enough to hang on the wall.
I will probably try a 20x30 at some point.
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04/11/2003 12:18:28 PM · #7 |
Ok, I ordered my Zebra photo in a 20X30. I'll have to see how it looks. I interpolated it some to make it bigger and then sharpened to get rid of some of the size stuff. Can't wait to get it. I want a huge print for my wall.
(Gordon- With you D60 did you make the image bigger or just print as is? I think my original file would have been 100 DPI, I just up it in 5% incrimints to 200.) |
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04/11/2003 12:26:44 PM · #8 |
Jubei-
I was having the same questions. I was wondering what are people using (specifically with d100 images). I was thinking of getting Genuine Fractals Print Pro. Also can Nikon Capture interpolate d100 images the way it can with d1x images? A 20x30 print would be great, if the quality is still there. |
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04/11/2003 12:42:39 PM · #9 |
Genuine Fractals Print Pro ... a friend, who is a genius b&w printer, and has written one of the books on Photoshop, swears by this thing. Not tried it myself, but I'd take Max's word for it anyday.
Ed
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04/11/2003 03:50:29 PM · #10 |
Don't get too excited about G.F.s, If you put it side by side a Photoshop upsampling you'd have a hard time telling the difference.
I'm talking about 5% increases in PS to get desired result.
Hank |
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04/11/2003 03:57:29 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by drewmedia:
One of our test prints was a 20x30 at 72 DPI. We could not believe how good it looked. On a related note, another test I did was an 8x10 from a 640x480 file, and to this day, I do not know how the quality is so good.
Drew |
There is also a pretty wide range in terms of what people think of as 'acceptable' and mostly that relates to viewing distance. If you ever see a bill-board up close, the 'dots' are about the size of golf balls. If you look at most commercial posters close-up with a loupe you'll see pretty poor quality dpi as well - because it doesn't matter.
Saying that though, D60 prints at 30x20 still like pretty amazing, mainly due to how low noise the shots are. |
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