Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote:
> on 08.06.04 10:49, Dario Bonazza at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > AFAIK, the *ist D allows excellent blow-ups up to 20x30cm, and just > > acceptable ones up to 30x40cm. Not so bad, you could say, but can anybody > > explain me why the hell any good 4-5MP digital P&S (Canon, Konica, Leica, > > Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax...) can go beyond that? > > I've had several proofs of that, since a friend of mine (owner of a > > pre-press service company and very skilled Photoshop user) shows me such > > large format prints again and again. > > The only 5-6 MP camera he was unable to bring beyond 30x40cm is (guess > > which?)... the *ist D! > Unfortunately you are probably right Dario :-( While *istD is great at > closer distances it looses many details at longer ones. I compared my photos > to my friend's, made with C 10D (people photos, with flash) and the > difference was clearly visible on hair - if it was taken from greater > distance *istD loosed details and it looked slightly unnatural - it remained > a kind of picture I am used to in video cameras... 10D pictures looked much > better in this condition. And yes, my friend's Sony F707 could resolve more > detail in people's hair and skin when in certain distance. I don't know what > is responsible for this? I quess it is faulty bayer interpolation software, > because it seems that Nikon D100 using the same CCD doesn't have this > problems from what I've seen so far. That said, 20x30 cm prints from *istD > are great, 30x40 cm made on inkjet (HP Designjet 10ps) are very nice too. > > -- > Best Regards > Sylwek So maybe I'm not as hallucinated as other messages should suggest. Thanks Sylwek for reassuring me a bit. OK, let's try to get the most out of our excellent hardware with 4MP equivalent performance. Dario Bonazza
