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BIG print from 16MP m43

Started Aug 30, 2018 | Discussions thread
jwilliams Veteran Member • Posts: 6,400
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Jonas Palm wrote:

d3xmeister wrote:

jwilliams wrote:

pic. Printing on canvas allows one to go a lot bigger than one would with the same file on regular paper. I use canvas a lot lately, especially for people where resolution is not very important. It also can give a sort of painterly effect to the print that works well for portraits.

That’s ok because I prefer canvas for big prints anyway, I like that painterly effect. I never really liked big prints on photo or regular paper. Basically it looks like a highly detailed painting, and I love the colors.

I recently made three really big prints (same size effectively as yours) on canvas from a medium format film scan, a 16MP m43 file, and an iPhone 6s 12MP 1/3” sensor.

They all look good, and do their job. At typical viewing distances it is impossible to discern any difference in origin.

What conclusions can be drawn from this regarding canvas prints or sensor performance I leave to others.

has much less resolution than traditional photo paper.  Linearly I would say 1/2 or less.  So something that might max out with a 8x10 on traditional paper could be printed easily at 16x20 on Canvas or maybe even larger.

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