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RE: Printer DPI vs Resampling



Bob Tyson <bobicho@earthlink.net> writes on 29 October 2000 at 18:56:17 -0800

 > I'm maybe more testy than usual because I bumped into a photograph 
 > (no--- more than one) at SFMOMA this afternoon that blew me away, 
 > made me remember why I'm in this game at all. A view of a glacier in 
 > the Alps, 1870's or so, a gorgeous carbon print. Wilhelm longevity? 
 > Superfluous. DPI? You're kidding! Tonality, edge, luminosity, print 
 > color? I forget the details. It was gorgeous. I could go on. 

Wilhelm longevity, unknown.  ACTUAL longevity, critically important,
or you couldn't have seen this photo more than 100 years after it was
taken. 
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David Dyer-Bennet / Welcome to the future! / dd-b@dd-b.net
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