PRINTS - Just How Big, With 14n

however...like a lot of other landscape photographers.. i'm waiting to see the results from the 14n.. and if good, will probably run out and get one. it seems hard to beat the price/sensor size combnation right now.
I'm actually thinking of getting a large Epson printer with my
savings from the 14n over the Canon and starting a local print
business. I live in a scenic and touristy area and people around
here are selling prints done with old tech at big old prices.

How big should 14mp be able to go before quality of immage begins
to suffer? What about compositing? I'm trying to stay away from
medium format.
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jim collum
http://www.jcollum.com
 
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
 
I'm actually thinking of getting a large Epson printer with my
savings from the 14n over the Canon and starting a local print
business. I live in a scenic and touristy area and people around
here are selling prints done with old tech at big old prices.

How big should 14mp be able to go before quality of immage begins
to suffer? What about compositing? I'm trying to stay away from
medium format.
--
jim collum
http://www.jcollum.com
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I agree with what you say re Digital v Film.

I use a S2 ,and the quality is very good,and it will do a 20x16 easly.(inches)

BUT when Im shooting for a calendar company abroad-they will NOT look at a digital camera - YET,so I have to double up with a Contax 645.

Also film in its natural state is pin sharp-CCD's are not.

Lets hope that the n14 sells for about $3,000 (ha),-and NO sharpening is needed,

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all s2

George Richardson
 

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