300 dpi is generally considered what's required in order to not see dots
at typical reading distance (about 10-12 inches or 25-30cm). That works
for everybody but Moose who has Superman vision.
As you move further away as you naturally do with larger prints the
print resolution requirement diminishes.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/25/2010 2:33 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Which is a load of bogus crud. What happens when you scale the image
> to the equivalent of, say, 260 ppi? Does the image turn to junk? Of
> course not.
>
> AG
>
> On Monday, October 25, 2010, John Hudson<OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dawid Loubser"<dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 8:43 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) G12 vs OM Film
>>
>>
>>>
>>> As a test, I have had made (some years ago) a ~ 100cm x 80cm high
>>> quality print
>>> of this image (not otherwise great, but technically at the limits of
>>> what was achievable
>>> in 2002 with a compact digital camera):
>>>
>>> http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs10/i/2006/115/3/b/Progressive_by_philosomatographer.jpg
>>
>> Interesting:
>>
>> What was the pixels per inch resolution of the file that was sent to the
>> printer ?
>>
>> As I understand it 300 ppi is adequate for a high quality close up, say a
>> viewing distance of 36" or less, but less than 300 ppi will suffice the
>> further away one is from the print.
>>
>> jh
>>
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