It was 15/7/03 5:26 pm, when Amanda Gray wrote:
> <No current 35mm based digital camera bodies can produce 28mb files and so
> the files will need interpolating up to achieve A4 at 300dpi. The best
> methods for doing this are currently under review.
Amanda
Actually, the Fuji S2 can produce 35.5MB RGB files straight out of the
camera! Way above the 28mb figure quoted above. <g> And the 300dpi can
easily be taken down to 240dpi and even lower!
> Cameras that have not been accepted are:
> Fuji Finepix S2 Pro
> Nikon D100
> Nikon D1x
Hmm...there's literally millions of pictures that have been taken with the
above cameras and published (including front pages). I think someone forgot
to tell the owners of the above cameras that they should only be used for
taking family 5x4 snaps!!! <g>
> Generally the more native pixels available the better, medium and large
> format backs are more likely to deliver the quality required.
Quality required for what? Viewing in Photoshop at 1600%?....At the end of
the day, they can set the bar as high as they like since it is their
business. If you have a vested interest to persuade them to lower it, you
could try taking a test image (see the setups used by Dpreview.com) with a
35mm film camera and having it scanned so that it's larger than 28mb. Take
the same image with your D60 and have some A4 and double-page spread digital
proofs and Cromalins made, include 3mm bleed all around. I'm sure someone on
the list can probably print the proofs for a beer if you asked nicely. <g>
Stop 10 people in the street and ask them which proof they prefer. If they
all prefer the ones from the scans, then sell the D60 and buy a 1ds. If they
can't tell the difference, take your findings to the picture library...and
remember to publish them here. Also, you might like to have Boots produce A4
or 16x20 prints and see if anyone can spot the difference - by anyone, I
mean the general public.
Check out the archives for a recent thread called "Digital file sizes for
magazine."
HTH.
--/ Shangara Singh
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