Well, in my experience, a 20X30 on *istD looks better than a 20X30 on film. The issue is grain vs sharpness. The grain from 35mm even fine grained is pretty visible at 20X30. The digital doesn't show that at all - just nice and clean looking. But the digital won't be super sharp if you 'print sniff' - so from a normal viewing distance, the *istD image will probably look better. I have a 20X30 metallic print sitting on the wall to look at from my desk shot on the *istD and the DA 16-45. Looks better than any 35mm print I have ever had done.
-- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 2:55:09 PM, you wrote: DGAJ> 1) A full-power blast from a Vivitar 5200 flash pointed at DGAJ> the ceiling, will cause my Magnavox VCR to eject its DGAJ> cassette. (I guess I know it's throwing off IR ... but DGAJ> I was pretty sure of that already.) DGAJ> 2) Always carrying an SLR around provides a handy clue for DGAJ> folks looking for a photographer to do a family portrait. DGAJ> 2a) This'll be the second gig in a row since getting the DGAJ> *istD where I'll be shooting film. Huh. (Client DGAJ> wants a poster-sized print and wallets -- please do DGAJ> correct me if I'm wrong, but my thinking is that for a DGAJ> 20"x30" print, I probably want to be using a fine-grained DGAJ> film instead of the *istD ... right? I know 300 dpi is a DGAJ> good rule of thumb for most prints, but assuming most DGAJ> folks don't stand that close to a print that large, DGAJ> what's a good minimum resolution to aim for in a poster DGAJ> sized portrait?) DGAJ> 2b) As usual, I have no $#%^ing idea what a reasonable DGAJ> rate to charge is. Gonna attempt to Google up a clue. DGAJ> -- Glenn DGAJ> PS: Sorry to be absent from the list so much. Health issues, DGAJ> many days feeling zombie-like, behind on pretty much all forms DGAJ> of communication. DGAJ> -- DGAJ> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List DGAJ> [email protected] DGAJ> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net DGAJ> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly DGAJ> above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
