Who needs Photoshop & RAW when you've got an X Pro 1!

Fenwoodian wrote:

Thanks for all the comments and interesting discussions. I am the original poster.

First let me say that I have LOTS of experience printing large (mostly 24x36 inch) prints on my Epson 7600. So what I have to say is based upon my extensive experience with this particular printer. When it comes to printing large, there is NO substitute for plenty of experience with a particular printer.

For large sized prints on an Epson 7600 printer, there is no need to print with files above 180 dpi - ever. I've done comparisions, and to the naked eye, I can not tell the difference between a 7600 print that is 180, 288, or 360 dpi.

The jpgs I'm printing from my XP1 are those where I've nailed the exposure. Only post needed is re-sizing and a little sharpening.

Finally, what I'm saying is if you nail the exposure on a jpg with the XP1, and the only post you need to do is re-size and mild sharpening, that when printed to 18 inches by 27 inches in size, the overall quality of the print is better than what I used to get from DSLR RAWs in the past.

I have not yet compared XP1 RAW prints to XP1 jpg prints. I hope to do that someday. Who knows what the results will be, but I certainly hope that the XP1 RAW prints are better than the jpg prints.

But for now, I am saying that the large XP1 jpg prints I'm making on my Epson 7600 are much better than I expected - and clearly better than RAW prints from my D300 and 5D DSLRs.