I just uploaded a file and am going to have it printed, but I was wondering if anyone has printed one this big yet and how does it look. Exspecial want to know from those with a D100, (I know of a couple of you that have interpolated images up to that size) Just want to know how much in quality you loose.
Well I may be answering that myself because I'm just going to go ahead and order one. What the heck. Just gotta live life on the edge.
Not sure if this is any help at all, but I got a 20x16 print done (not on DPCprints) of Misty for my wall. The file dimensions used were 2400x1920 and it came out fine.
That's 4.6 Mp, for those who don't want to do the math(s). I'm surprised - I can get that out of the 602 quite happily. With the in-camera interpolation that puts the image size up to 6Mp, and then a little reduction to lose some of the artefacts, 4.5-ish is quite manageable.
Looking at FDI prints from 6Mp files at 10x8 though, I'd have thought that middle distance fine detail would get a little scrambled (and there's plenty of middle-diatnce fine detail in that shot). Surely the (print) resolution's only 120dpi?
I've done 20x30s from ezprints (the company that does the backend printing for dpPrints) and the results are fantastic. That's from a D60 file. I used colour profiles for their printers and had a near perfect colour match to my screen version. Extremely happy with it and it looks great on the wall!
One of our test prints was a 20x30 at 72 DPI. We could not believe how good it looked. On a related note, another test I did was an 8x10 from a 640x480 file, and to this day, I do not know how the quality is so good.
That's 4.6 Mp, for those who don't want to do the math(s). I'm surprised - I can get that out of the 602 quite happily. With the in-camera interpolation that puts the image size up to 6Mp, and then a little reduction to lose some of the artefacts, 4.5-ish is quite manageable.
Looking at FDI prints from 6Mp files at 10x8 though, I'd have thought that middle distance fine detail would get a little scrambled (and there's plenty of middle-diatnce fine detail in that shot). Surely the (print) resolution's only 120dpi?
Ed
I guess, but it looks fine. I mean, if you go over it really closely, or with a magnifying glass, you can see some minor loss of detail, but I would say that it's at least as good as the quality of print you would buy in a shop, if not better. It's certainly good enough to hang on the wall.
Ok, I ordered my Zebra photo in a 20X30. I'll have to see how it looks. I interpolated it some to make it bigger and then sharpened to get rid of some of the size stuff. Can't wait to get it. I want a huge print for my wall.
(Gordon- With you D60 did you make the image bigger or just print as is? I think my original file would have been 100 DPI, I just up it in 5% incrimints to 200.)
Jubei-
I was having the same questions. I was wondering what are people using (specifically with d100 images). I was thinking of getting Genuine Fractals Print Pro. Also can Nikon Capture interpolate d100 images the way it can with d1x images? A 20x30 print would be great, if the quality is still there.
Genuine Fractals Print Pro ... a friend, who is a genius b&w printer, and has written one of the books on Photoshop, swears by this thing. Not tried it myself, but I'd take Max's word for it anyday.
One of our test prints was a 20x30 at 72 DPI. We could not believe how good it looked. On a related note, another test I did was an 8x10 from a 640x480 file, and to this day, I do not know how the quality is so good.
Drew
There is also a pretty wide range in terms of what people think of as 'acceptable' and mostly that relates to viewing distance. If you ever see a bill-board up close, the 'dots' are about the size of golf balls. If you look at most commercial posters close-up with a loupe you'll see pretty poor quality dpi as well - because it doesn't matter.
Saying that though, D60 prints at 30x20 still like pretty amazing, mainly due to how low noise the shots are.
