that much of the the beauty of fine-art photography is in the details, and so I print not for viewers-in-general, but those who can appreciate a fine print. And I want photographers to respect my prints - those folks who habitually walk right up to the wall to check out the detail. I think Michael Reichman has the right idea on his "Luminous Landscape" site: he ecpects his digital SLR images to rival & surpass medium format.
From this perspective, I find that with 6MP, I'm proudest of 9x13.5" prints. A 10x15 from 6 MP is OK (using Genuine Fractals), but a12x18 is slightly degraded, on close examination, by small chromatic aberrations & sharpening artifacts (I make gentle use of the Nik sharpener plug-in).
The problem is that BIG is IN: galleries want to show BIG prints, and 10x15 & 12x18 now are "miniatures." Hence the real need for 14 MP.
All I'd expect from 14MP would be a fine 16x24 and probably an acceptable 20x30 print. Thata would be fine with me. The price of the camera body sounds great, but the hell of it is having to buy a bigger printer, too.
Kirk
