scubasteve03
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I just picked up a 1D iii last month to hold me over until the 1dx comes out and drops in prices a few hundred $ cheaper.
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How big would you reasonably expect to print a 1D MkIII image?
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JackM
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Depends on how you plan to use your print. I have printed 8mp 1DIIN photos at 20x30" and they look great when viewed from a normal distance, like 3 feet away or more. If you plan to "pixel peep" such a print, of course it's not going to compare to 18 or 21mp.
Your typical audience will be very impressed with a 20x30" print from a 1DIII.
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Your typical audience will be very impressed with a 20x30" print from a 1DIII.
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"$3000 should buy a camera competent at all photographic tasks." - gipper51 on the 5DIII
MM1
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While I haven't printed from my 1D3 yet, I put one of my 400D (also 10MP) images on a about 24x35" (60x90cm) canvas, and it looks very good.
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Scott Larson
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There's a 1D Mark III shot of mine hanging in a school arena. It's something like three feet by five feet.
It all depends on how close and how closely people will be seeing the print. Prints don't always have to look perfect ten inches away to be acceptable. You can print shots of people much larger since folks generally don't look for dental fillings and dandruff in photos.
It all depends on how close and how closely people will be seeing the print. Prints don't always have to look perfect ten inches away to be acceptable. You can print shots of people much larger since folks generally don't look for dental fillings and dandruff in photos.
Ben_Egbert
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If the image has lots of fine detail, and the detail is important to the scene, you can't print as large as you could another image with less of that.
For fine detail, I think 240PP! is about the limit. If the image does not depend on detail you can print much larger.
Hang the image such that nobody, especially yourself cannot get closer than 5 feet.
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For fine detail, I think 240PP! is about the limit. If the image does not depend on detail you can print much larger.
Hang the image such that nobody, especially yourself cannot get closer than 5 feet.
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Kevin Molyneaux
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I was contacted to sell this 8 MegaPixel photo, with the expectation that they would print just a vertical slice of it several stories high. My original reaction was no; however, I did agree to sell it to them and when printed that huge it looks very nice.
This was a learning experience for me.
This was a learning experience for me.
hunk
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There is no end. You can do anything with a 1DmkIII. Higher res is nice but not really that important. (still I ordered a D800).
These files went on trucks, decals were 14 meters wide...
fun; http://www.x32.nl
work; http://www.ministerievanbeeld.nl
These files went on trucks, decals were 14 meters wide...
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fun; http://www.x32.nl
work; http://www.ministerievanbeeld.nl
tony field
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I have a number of 16x20 prints from the 1D-III. No problems with detail and quality. Of course, that depends upon what YOU consider to be sufficient detail for the subjects you shoot.
My largest 1D-III images are 9 feet high and look really good. But then, they are sports images and not detailed scenics - which may have a different "need" for sharp detail. All of my portraits, glam, theatre, dance, etc images from the 1D-III print very well indeed at 16x20 and larger. Going to 18 mpix or more is certainly better (on my 1D-IV or 5D-II) for absolute detail.
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My largest 1D-III images are 9 feet high and look really good. But then, they are sports images and not detailed scenics - which may have a different "need" for sharp detail. All of my portraits, glam, theatre, dance, etc images from the 1D-III print very well indeed at 16x20 and larger. Going to 18 mpix or more is certainly better (on my 1D-IV or 5D-II) for absolute detail.
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RRaunio
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We print landscape and close-up flower images on an Epson Stylus Pro 9900 at 44"x66" that are just amazing. Some of these images are being shown and sold in a gallery in Las Vegas (but using a different printer) at a size of 40"x60".
JackM
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Ha! That's awesome.
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That's what, a 2.5 mp slice of the photo? Looks like it turned out well.
I guess it's all about viewing distance. There was a post a couple years back where a guy had an 8 or 10MP photo used for a billboard. He said it looked good as long as you viewed it from typical billboard viewing distance.
I guess it's all about viewing distance. There was a post a couple years back where a guy had an 8 or 10MP photo used for a billboard. He said it looked good as long as you viewed it from typical billboard viewing distance.
Distance is the key. But also bear in mind that traditional photo prints are continuous tone, whereas commercial printing uses halftone line screens to simulate tones.
For billboards, they generally use a much courser line screen, than a brochure for example, and you can sometimes get away with a lower resolution image.
For billboards, they generally use a much courser line screen, than a brochure for example, and you can sometimes get away with a lower resolution image.
A guy walks into an opticians and asks for an eye test.
Optician asks why he thinks he needs one...
"Because I can't see anything thats far away." says the client.
So, the optician takes him out to the front of the shop and asks:
"What's that big bright thing up in the sky?"
"That's the sun, of course!" replies the client.
"Yep, and thats 93 million miles away. How much further do you need to see?"
It ain't just how big, its how far away it is too! ;-)
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Optician asks why he thinks he needs one...
"Because I can't see anything thats far away." says the client.
So, the optician takes him out to the front of the shop and asks:
"What's that big bright thing up in the sky?"
"That's the sun, of course!" replies the client.
"Yep, and thats 93 million miles away. How much further do you need to see?"
It ain't just how big, its how far away it is too! ;-)
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