Re: Digicam

[SKID Photography <skid@xxxxxxxx>]

Ken,
The whole 'deal' with the ability of the current crop of 6 or so megapixel
cameras is extremely dependent on the 'proper' subject matter.  If you try to
shoot a scene with too much detail in it, they will fail miserably (compared to
film), but if you shoot a scene with broad forms and large fields of color the
will perform miraculously.

And *that* is why film will be around for a while.

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC


> I'm very happy with 11x14 and 13x19's from my 5megapixel Nikon 5000 and I
> hear many are printing 20x25 and getting good results. I suspect better than
> a 35mm slide enlargement to a comparable size. The point is digital is a
> different medium as polaroid was and you have to judge it as such, after all
> it IS  the eye of the beholder that counts not the line pairs or pixels(no
> loupes allowed!)
> Ken
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@rrv.net>
> To: <scan@leben.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 2:39 PM
> Subject: Re: Digicam
>
> > Ah, but you're comparing a Lexus to a Beetle. For us ordinary
> > not-particulary-fabulously wealthy individuals, we'll have to make do
> > with 6 megapixels or so for awhile. And the 12x18 prints are stunning
> > from this resolution.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> >
> > allbayphotodigital@shaw.ca wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Jerry
> > > I like D1x for same work, but I love Phase One H20 for all work. For me
> > > prints 16x20 from Phase One and D1x CAN NOT sit on the same wall.
> > > Regards
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Trust me when I say the Nikon D1x and the Canon D60 can make Pro images
> > > > EASILY up to 18 inches!
> > > >
> > > > Jerry
> > > >
> > > > byard pidgeon wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Supposedly, 6 megapixels is the threshold point for making "real"
> photos
> > > >> with a digicam...but, making a "real" photo quality neg or slide with
> a film
> > > >> recorder requires just under 12 megapixels (and a good FR, like a PCR
> II at
> > > >> least).
> > > >>
> > > >> So, it seems to me that what we really need are 12 megapixel
> digicams, and
> > > >> we're only halfway there.
> > > >>
> > > >> I'm defining the quality factor as being sufficient to make a neg
> that
> > > >> produces a photo print of at least 11X and preferably 16X that's
> > > >> indistinguishable from a camera neg.
> > > >>
> > > >> Along the same lines, my film scanner yields about 14
> megapixels...doesn't
> > > >> it make sense that 12-14 megapixels is what we need in a pro quality
> > > >> digicam?

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