Re: Digicam vs. Scanner resolutions

[Jerry Olson <jerryolson@xxxxxxx>]

I have seen many a billboard printed from 35mm and they are extremely
sharp, when viewd from the proper viewing distance!

Jerry




dickbo wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kennedy McEwen" <rkm@kennedym.demon.co.uk>
> To: <scan@leben.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:14 AM
> Subject: Re: Digicam vs. Scanner resolutions
> 
> > There simply is not enough IMAGE resolution recorded on film for a 150in
> > print from a 35mm frame to appear sharp at close inspection, as you
> > claimed - that is not academic, it is just a fact of life.
> 
> Actually it might even be worse than you say because unless the poster is
> being printed off-set, and that is a process where numbers of copies
> required decides the economics of the process, they might be getting the
> stuff done using the screen printing process which would suggest 48# or at
> the best 65#.
> 
> By the way, just what are the dimensions of a "Bill Board" because this is
> not a size I am familiar with, and for 12 years I ran a repro department in
> the uk (pre drum scanner days) that was mostly concerned with the
> reproduction of coloured originals for poster work.
> 
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