read the paragraph you quoted. i increased the size. as far as sharpness is concerned, i have no problems making 12x18 prints without increasing the resolution. it's not as sharp as 35mm film, but not as far behind as you might think. scans from Provia 100F taken through the FA* 24 f2.0 are not orders of magnitude sharper than a 5 megapixel digital camera unsharpened. areter rezing up and sharpening, the 5 megapixel images have the sharpness and resolution of something close to a 10 megapixel sensor.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Miers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 1:15 AM Subject: Re: Pentax *ist D vs. Fujifilm S2 Pro: final update > Herb > > How do you get a 5000 pixel image on one side from the *istD? According to > the review in Dpreview the max resolution of the 6.1megpixel sensor is 3008 > x 2008 which seems about right since my 4 megpixel P&S puts out a 2400 x > 1600 pixel image. I can believe you can get to the 5000 pixel mark with > 4000 dpi scanner as my Minolta Scan Dual III at 2820 dpi gives me a 3808 x > 2576 image on max resolution which is still higher then the *istD. If I use > hamricks software I can even get raw files from my scans. I just don't > think the 6.1 megpixel standard is high enough for landscape photography > work. However digital is wonderful for portraits as they are already > softened I would think. > > David > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > i usually rez up my digital camera images to be > > about the same resolution as my 4000dpi scanner, so that means i end up > with > > digital image files of about 5000 pixels along the longest dimension no > > matter what my source. > > >
