Gidday Dale
... this thread in hopes that it can continue to help. I have
seen no less than 5-6 threads started in the last week that has had
questions that could be answered here.
To add an example to your excellent dissertation, Dale, I was at a mate's showing him how to transfer images from his Canon Ixus 800IS (6MP) to his computer and other stuff.
He had a stunning image that I printed, from Zoom Browser (ugh!) on his Canon MP620 onto Canon MP-101 paper - non-colour managed environment.
He emailed me the JPEG and I then printed it from PS2 on my Canon iP4000R (half the resolution of the MP620 ... ) onto Ilford Classic Pearl in a proper colour managed environment (well, pretty good, anyway ;-)) ... ). The ONLY PP I did was to apply an unsharp mask of about 30%, 2.2 pixel radius, threshold = 0. Not enough to make anything but the tiniest improvement in the output
The difference between the two prints is astounding! Far greater than the difference in IQ from (say) his P&S to the best of my lenses on my E-510. ALL because it was printed relatively well.
Not only is the image FAR sharper, but far superior colour, colour contrast, colour detail, colour correctness. The second image pops and the first image (that looked terrific on its own, BTW) just falls flat!
I wish I had a good enough flat bed scanner to scan them and post the two side by side, but I haven't ...
So YES, what you are saying makes a HUGE practical difference to print quality (which I already knew; but this example rubbed my nose in it ... ;-) ... ).
Thanks again for making the effort and taking the time.
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Regards, john from Melbourne, Australia.
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