Rob and Tony -
While I'm sure the prints from Rob's images are great, I am confused about
this whole "size thing"....<g>
If you have a image from the ST-10 which is 2184x1472 and you print that
file to make a 16"x24", you are only getting around 91ppi. How
can a large print @ 91ppi be any good? My understanding is that for high
quality ink jet printing, somewhere around 225ppi is minimum(LJ's are 305ppi and
Fujix is 267ppi). I'm having a hard time believing that the file from a
ST-10 can make a high quality 16"x24" or 20"x30". Are
the files resed up in GF?
Please explain because I must be missing something.
Chris
I can attest to the high quality of printing by
Tony's lab.
Tony has made many prints for me up to 40 x
30". The prints
are on high quality kodak glossy paper. The
color, saturation and
smoothness are superb. You can even make use of
Tony's
superb processing skills and experience if you
desire his processing
input on your images.
Another issue I'd like to comment on is the
printability of CCD images.
This may be of interest to those considering
delving into CCD but
concerned about the printability of CCD image
compared to film.
CCD files are naturally smaller
than routine scanned film files.
However due to the smoothness of high quality
well exposed CCD images
large high quality prints are possible. My ST10
images generate files
that are about 8MB. Film folks would consider
this a small file but many
of my ST10 images have been printed at 16 x
24" and are very smooth
and sharp. Some of my images taken with my
IMG1024 camera generate
even smaller
files (3MB) but have been printed by Tony at 20 x 20" and
have held up remarkably. Of course, CCD
mosaics approach typical scanned
film file sizes. Tony has printed my M31 mosaic
(39MB file) at 40 x 30".
I was very happy with the result.
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Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002
3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Darkroom
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Roland,
We specialize in
printing images from CCD... the typical CCD image enlarges very well if
there is little noise. Your M42 shot would do well... easily going to
the 30 X 40 size... maybe even 40 X 50. And with Grain Surgery
significant amounts of noise can be deleted from the image (if there is
noise).
Tony