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Re: [OM] Feeding the rumor mill

Subject: Re: [OM] Feeding the rumor mill
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:20:55 -0400
At 30x40 the 5D only gives you 97 pixels/inch.  That's about the same as 
your monitor showing a 1:1 image.  I'm sure it looks good from several 
feet away and especially if well interplated... except for Moose who 
would spot the individual pixels from that distance.  :-)

Chuck Norcutt


Ken Norton wrote:
>> I've not personally used the 5D for anything larger than a couple of
>> 16x24s.  Both were landscape type images with lots of detail and came
>> out fine.  I have also seen several 30x40 images from a friend's 5D.
>> They also looked fine but were family portraits where detail was not so
>> important.  A 30x40 detailed landscape image might be fine as well since
>> we don't stand so close to large images.  But I've not tried it since I
>> have no place to hang such a large print.
> 
> This is too funny. Prior to the 5Dmk2, people raved about how the 5D
> was able to produce prints of any size... It was the best out there.
> Now the 5D is only capable of 8x10 and 11x14 prints if you really
> stretch it.
> 
> If you can't get a decent 30x40 landscape print out of a 5D, it's not
> the imager, it's either your lenses or your technique.
> 
> But what do I know?  My E-1 and A1 won't do prints larger than a wallet print.
> 
> AG
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