On 10/7/03 8:48 pm, "GT One" wrote: > I too would love to find a way to put a convincing argument forward. This is > what has stopped me going digital fully....I'm saving up for a 1DS to get > the resolution I believe is required to try and convince people. If I knew > that I could interpolate at 300 Dpi up to A4 or even A3, I'd be running out > the door for a 10D tomorrow. > > Any suggestions eagerly awaited....
By all means by yourself a 1ds, I'm sure they're superb. BUT - if you're buying it simply for the fact that you are not convinced about what resolution is needed to produce a magazine page, think again! The Canon D60 and now the 10d are more than capable of producing full bleed standard magazine pages (approx A4). Do you have to interpolate (as was Becky's initial question), work it out! Of course you do, otherwise at the good old 300dpi figure, it wouldn't be big enough, surprise, surprise! Does this interpolation hurt? Try it for yourself. Then if you can spot the difference, slap yourself on the back, because you've got far better eyes than most of us poor saps. Far too much time is spent amongst the "new" digital photographers, (yes, we were all new once, I remember :-) discussing things of this nature. In the good old days of the Canon D30, it was relevant, but even that, could have fooled most people, printed at A4. Hell, I have an A3 print from mine, which is as sharp as anything I've ever shot on 645 film. Anyway, nowadays, with a 6MP camera, there is simply no concern when printing to an average magazine size. Either hand it in as it comes, or interpolate it up a little (my favourite, would be to use 4x in PhotoRetouchPro). At the end of the day, the magazine client isn't going to know any different anyway, the one's that will are the repro house, and half the time they talk b*******cks. I once had a repro house complaining that I'd supplied them with 9Mb files (from a D30) and they were too small. They were being reproduced at about 1/8th of a page and were in fact more than large enough for the job, and looked fantastic when printed. For the record, I've shot fashion jobs, sharp ones, full bleed, on a 10d, reproduced without any problems whatsoever in Wedding & Home magazine (IPC). They look as sharp or sharper than any film job I've ever shot for them. Stop worrying so much. Regards Paul -- Paul Tansley Fashion & Beauty Photography London +44 (0) 7973 669584 http://www.paultansley.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
