On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Chris Brogden wrote:
> Well, if you can't reshoot with a larger format, you're going to have to
> increase the resolution some way. While I'm normally hesitant to
> recommend digital work for this, have you thought about a high-res scan of
> some sort and some work with Genuine Fractals? GF and Nikon recently
> printed a *huge* (as in, fricken' massive) print from an image taken with
> a Coolpix 990, which is a 3 megapixel camera. I think it was something
> crazy like 60 feet tall. Now that took a lot of work, but they did it,
> and hung it in Times Square.
I'd second the Genuine Fractals recommendation. I have a 30x40 giclee
print made for me by the folks of Cone Editions (cone-editions.com,
although they don't have output-service info there--I got the print
during a conference last year)
It looks amazing, and it is a Tri-X negative shot with a Canonet
rangefinder, scanned on a Nikon LS2000 at ~2800dpi, enlarged with
Genuine Fractals to 150dpi at 30x40. It is absolutely acceptable by
all standards, but of course don't expect the detail you'd get with a
bigger negative.
The shot is this one, btw:
http://www.crosswinds.net/~jbuhler/html/one/paris10.html
If you use a higher res scanner, say 4000dpi, or maybe a drum one,
you'll be more than fine.
j
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