i've been rezing up most of my selects from my digital cameras, first the Nikon Coolpix 5000 and then *istD, since last summer when i bought FocusFixer. it's the first sharpening tool i have used that works that way i know sharpening can be done. i regularly double the image dimensions and sharpen files from both cameras. the result isn't as sharp as shooting directly at that size, but it's certainly around what i would expect from a 10-12 megapixel camera with a little more noise. it leaves me with Photoshop files larger than 50 megabytes. at sizes up to 11x14 and 12x18, there is an easy to tell difference from film only when looking up close at the detail and the aabsence of film grain. from normal viewing distance, it's really hard to tell.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:04 AM Subject: Re: Screw mount Pentax Values > I have some large format equipment, but I rarely use it. As I spend > more of my time shooting stock and magazine work, I find that I'm > moving more and more to practical solutions. The turning point was when > a very successful part time pro told me, "You have to decide if you're > a fondler or a shooter." I guess for now at least, I'm a shooter. By > the way the same local pro showed me that in many cases it was possible > to res up the digital images to get the high quality 40 meg files that > the stock house requires. That convinced me that digital was a good > solution for some of the things I shoot. Of course 6x7 is still > required in some cases. I'll have to experiment with the digital for a > while to see where I can use it and where I can't.
