>From 4 MP sensor of Optio S4 you get compressed JPG file of about 2.6 MP which gives very good A4 prints - about 7x8.5 inches I suppose. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 8:08 PM Subject: Re: How big can you print from 3MP? > This implies that 9 megapixels is required for 8x10... > > I'm not saying that's true, just that if 3MP -> 4x5, 9MP->8x10 for the same > quality in close examination. > > Regards, > Bob... > > From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Depends on your viewing distance and well you discrimination, I wouldn't > > go larger than 4x5. > > > > Albano Garcia wrote: > > > >>Hi gang, > >>I'm new to digital with a 3MP camera (Fuji S5000, > >>Pentax not available at all in Argentina, either film > >>or digital). > >>It's capable of shooting RAW and that's what I'm > >>doing. My problem comes when I do prints. I made > >>several 8x10 inch from 3MP files, taking care with > >>unsharp mask, and prints (Fuji Frontier, file at > >>200dpi) show a sort of grainy look, noisy (pixels, I > >>know). Maybe I'm pushing the resolution? 200dpi is too > >>few? I made 4x6 from 1MP jpg and they look gorgeous. Maybe > >>I'm better with 3 or 6MP jpgs, with the compression > >>eliminating the noise-grain? I think my photoshop > >>skills are next to advanced, but I'm still unable to > >>get satisfactory results from RAW files. > >>Any comments, suggestions, tips? > >>Thanks in advance. >
