D30

I want to know about D30 image quality, Is it possbile for A4 magazine
publish. who had try to use the file to color separation.--ming

Ming--

Read, read, read, hear and other sites. SEARCH this site for image quality.

Every time I don't Preview, I discover I can't spell!

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jeffrey behr said:

Ming--

Read, read, read, hear and other sites. SEARCH this site for image
quality.

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Ming, did you find the review on this site?

Very well written, and the camera is "Highly Recommended."

There is also a section about image quality and samples:

A modern press should be able to use digital images. The D30 images are 36-bit (12 bits per color), 2160 x 1440 (3.11 mil) pix. The final question is how large will these print before degrading. Some people have already printed the samples, and I believe were satisfied with dimensions much larger than 8"x10". Bill

jeffrey behr said:

It's ...here and other sites...

jeffrey behr said:

Ming--

Read, read, read, hear and other sites. SEARCH this site for image
quality.

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Ming said:

I want to know about D30 image quality, Is it possbile for A4 magazine
publish. who had try to use the file to color separation.

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Ming,

I don't have any personal experience with publishing in magazines, but I have a LOT of experience with digital darkroom software and digital photography owing to some other pursuits.

IN MY OPINION, based solely on the D30 sample images I've seen published so far, knowing what you can do with Photoshop, knowing software for upsampling such as Genuine Fractals exists, and finally, seeing how well other cameras do/don't do in magazines and for 8 x 10 printing, I'd say YES, the D30 WILL do 8 x 10 images (or thereabouts) well enough for publication.

Will they equal the best scans of the best film? No.

With a good driver at the software helm, will you be able to make images attractive enough to publish? In my opinion, Yes.

The above is just my opinion, based on my world, but know this: As a serious amateur considering pro work, I'm impressed by the D30 and will likely be ordering one very shortly.

-Noel

Ming,

I think this is purely a resolution issue. My sister works in the printing industry and she uses a Nikon 950 which she said was adequate for 3x4 inch size or so. I can't recall exactly but magazines require a minimum dpi of something like 200 or 300. Someone with printing background could probably comment on the exact number. I think the D30 resolution might still be a bit small for A4. You should check with your customers.

Danny

Ming said:

I want to know about D30 image quality, Is it possbile for A4 magazine
publish. who had try to use the file to color separation.
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ming

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software for upsampling such as Genuine Fractals exists

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Since I said it, I figured I ought to try it.

The wonderfully clean (and unsharpened) Canon D30 sample images respond MARVELOUSLY WELL to upsampling using Genuine fractals. I upsampled one from 9.3 megabytes (2160 x 1440 - the size out of the camera) to 597 megabytes (8x enlargement in each dimension) as an exercise in extremes, and the edges of round things (e.g., buttons on a collar) came out fairly nice, smooth, and round. Note that you would most likely only need to upsample 2x for magazine publishing.

You will have no trouble using this camera for serious publishing.

Have a look at the following:

Here are some 100% crops from one of Phil Askey's sample images:



Here's are some 800% enlargements (in each dimension) using Genuine Fractals. Note how well GF interpreted the edges of things in the D30 image, making nice smooth edges on the buttons, collar, letters, crown, etc.





-Noel

Ming said:

I want to know about D30 image quality, Is it possbile for A4 magazine
publish. who had try to use the file to color separation.
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ming

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Hi Ming

I have been a commercial photographer for the last 20 yrs....I started with computers for photographic commercial purposes in 1986...I've gone through 4 scanners and 4 computers since then...so take my word for this....I have been using the Canon Pro 70 since last year March...I've used it for all types of brochures and printed catalogues etc. and it does the job very well...this camera is 1536x1024 & is a 30 bit camera ...so I don't see any problem using the D30 which has by far more resolution as well it is 36 bit.....

Most printers & designers have scanners these days that are 30 or 36 bit......these vary from 3.0 t0 3.4 D-max the only time these scanners get this kind of quality is when they scan transparencies.......most of the time they scan however from prints that have been printed from negatives.....the Maximum D-Max from a print is 2.6 or lower.....it is safe to say that a digital camera is between 3.1 to 3.4 D-Max maybe higher as it is a first generation image......conclusion is that the images you get are absolutely usable for the print industry....because the final printed image you get on the best paper is ONLY 1.9 D-MAX......end of story!!!!

I do 80 % of my work for my clientelle digitally.
Hope this helped you.

Jon