MIB
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Has anybody done any 20x30 print out of D30? What's the quality? I like to make some 20x30 posters, but not sure if D30 is capable. Thank for your input.
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20 x 30 print by D30
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csidd
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Here is a link from a post I made regarding image size and the D30. http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=2106242 Stephen seems to have alot of knowledge about the D30 and image size. His replies were a big help to me.
Kenny Frank
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JOHN DZURENKO
Leading Member
here are a few, 30x45" @300dpi and crops from the same at 60x80"@300dpi and 75x100" @240dpi
Stephen
http://www.nyphotographics.com
http://www.onemodelplace.com/photographer_list.cfm?P_ID=4090
Stephen
http://www.nyphotographics.com
http://www.onemodelplace.com/photographer_list.cfm?P_ID=4090
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Scott Olds
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I've printed a couple of 30x20s using EZPrints and had great luck. From normal viewing distance, you the image looks sharp. Up close its not as sharp as an 8x10 but its not bad.
i used Genuine Fractals to upsize the file at 300 dpi. The file was super large so I saved it JPEG and then uploaded it to their site.
i used Genuine Fractals to upsize the file at 300 dpi. The file was super large so I saved it JPEG and then uploaded it to their site.
Mike Flaherty
Senior Member
I've had success with 24X36. Quality image in every respect. It was done by a professional lab using chemical prints.
Mike
Mike
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Patrick Hayden
Forum Enthusiast
Looks great!
I have few questions:
1. What kind of interpolation did you use?
2. And what was the printer.
Thanks,
Vitali
http://www.kisselev.com
I have few questions:
1. What kind of interpolation did you use?
2. And what was the printer.
Thanks,
Vitali
http://www.kisselev.com
JOHN DZURENKO
Leading Member
I used my own PS actions which you can download at http://www.nyphotographics.com/ftppage.htm for free they are from 9x12 to 100megs, to 350megs, and 1228megs approximate sizes, which correlate to 20x30, 30x40, 60x80, @300dpi, or 75x100" @240dpi,
Generally I use fugi frontier for smaller prints kodak pegasus for up to 20x30 and epson 9500, 10000 for up to 44inch wide prints everything else is sent out for the 60" wide or larger machines.
Stephen
Http: www.nyphotographics.com
Generally I use fugi frontier for smaller prints kodak pegasus for up to 20x30 and epson 9500, 10000 for up to 44inch wide prints everything else is sent out for the 60" wide or larger machines.
Stephen
Http: www.nyphotographics.com
Steve downunder
Member
Chemical prints.. you mean there is an enlarger that projects onto a baseboard for regular printing?
I gotta get me one of those !! More info please..?
Regards
Steve
Mike Flaherty
Senior Member
Hi, Steve. I had mine done at a Ford Motor Company facility (I'm a member of the Ford Photo Club and we visited here and were given a tour, demonstrations, and sample 24X36 prints of our digital images). They used Photoshop 6.0.1 to print the image to their $150,000 photographic printer (large machine in a little room all by itself). That printer exposes color print paper like an enlarger would (I guess, technically, it really is a sophisticated enlarger in the traditional sense, but they call it a printer). The paper (Kodak is the brand they use) is in a 30" wide roll. The exposed paper is then removed from the printer and placed in a light-proof container and taken to another room and placed in the same chemicals used to print film images. The results are phenominal. Their chemical process is fully automated and, in just a couple minutes, your totally dry print is ready to trim and frame. Totally cool.
If you get one, can I borrow it?????
Mike
If you get one, can I borrow it?????
Mike
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DavidMillier
Forum Pro
Don't have a D30 but I would suggest it is very much subject dependent.
e.g A landscape using a wideangle lens that produces tiny distant features will have only a few pixels available for those features. Even the ultra clean D30 isn't going to give a very good image of say a distant tree if the tree is built from just a handful of pixels!
I did a few comparisons this week between scanned 4*5 and my E10 printed to A3.
With the kind of images where you have a distant image of (say) hills that are about 3 inches wide by half and inch tall in the A3 print there was just no comparison.
The E10 reproduced the hills as a smooth coloured blur with a few hints of colour variation, the 4*5 scan showed sharply defined individual trees on the hill....
But for subjects like the close up portraits in Stephen's examples (see other post in this thread) it seems possible to do remarkable things with the D30.
e.g A landscape using a wideangle lens that produces tiny distant features will have only a few pixels available for those features. Even the ultra clean D30 isn't going to give a very good image of say a distant tree if the tree is built from just a handful of pixels!
I did a few comparisons this week between scanned 4*5 and my E10 printed to A3.
With the kind of images where you have a distant image of (say) hills that are about 3 inches wide by half and inch tall in the A3 print there was just no comparison.
The E10 reproduced the hills as a smooth coloured blur with a few hints of colour variation, the 4*5 scan showed sharply defined individual trees on the hill....
But for subjects like the close up portraits in Stephen's examples (see other post in this thread) it seems possible to do remarkable things with the D30.
Doug Mac65597
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Steve,
I'm definately not an expert, but I think printers that print digital images on photo paper are more analagous to an inkjet printer than a photo enlarger. The way I understand they work, they "spray" light from a line of LED's (or similar light source) on the paper like an inkjet printer sprays ink. Instead of a print head, they use a bar, similar to a scanner, but with light emitters instead of light sensors. Paper is rolled under this stationary bar and the paper is exposed. The paper is then run through normal photographic chemistry.
I'm definately not an expert, but I think printers that print digital images on photo paper are more analagous to an inkjet printer than a photo enlarger. The way I understand they work, they "spray" light from a line of LED's (or similar light source) on the paper like an inkjet printer sprays ink. Instead of a print head, they use a bar, similar to a scanner, but with light emitters instead of light sensors. Paper is rolled under this stationary bar and the paper is exposed. The paper is then run through normal photographic chemistry.
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