How large can you print with the E-10?...

[Richard Goulden]

Hi Nick,

I can print up to 20x16 at home on my Epson Stylus 3000 and I have "access" to an Epson 9000 which is 48"? wide by anything on the length.

File size entirely dependent on the final size print that I want. I work on a 250 ppi image and I use MrSID to do the interpolation. Thank heavens for CDR!

Price - I don't pay the going rate....

Hope some of this helps,

Richard

PS. I will be buying an Epson 7500 in the next couple of weeks. About £3000 including vat but it is 24" wide and I intend getting a bundle of 36x24 frames to drop the prints straight in to.

Hi Richard,

You mentioned some large print sizes, couple of questions.

Where do you get them done, I presume in the UK

What do they cost.

What is a typical file size, I guess they are interpolated up in
photoshop.

Your comments would be appreciated Thanks.

Rgds Nick

 

[Richard Goulden]

Hi Frank,

Spend 15 minutes doing a search and try to find the road side bill board that was done with the E10. Maybe somebody in this forum will remember it - or maybe the original poster.

See ya,

Richard

PS. I have a 48x36 from an Olympus 2500L shot which (considering it is 2.5megapixels) will blow you away. And the lens on the E10 is better, and there are 50% more pixels and the dynamic range is better.....

Thanks for all the opinions. Seems 36x24 is the largest actually
printed from the group here. Any more opinions, please post. I am
going to check out that Fractal program!

Frank

http://www.franklinmcmahon.com/

 

[Brian Clarkson]

Rick,

I think this is the most succinct statement on the issue to date.

I keep telling my friends and colleagues that I can see noise and artifacts in my prints and they just laugh at me

Brian

I use my E10 exclusively in my studio and sell a lot of 16x20's. I
have never had a customer question the quality of the prints. If
the photography is good then they are looking at so many more
things than a little noise or pixelation. I have no hesitation at
all about enlarging to this size, and I do have a very critical
eye. I don't even bother with genuine fractals or any of those. The
bottom line is that this is not a $20,000 camera, and it will not
match medium format at 16x20, but it will come so close that only a
photographer or a VERY picky customer would notice.

 

[Nick Lukey]

Thanks for the info, so I can send you a couple of images then? Maybe we can sort a price out?

Rgds Nick

 

[dino19723]

Canon d-30 and HP Deisgnjet 5000 22x34 ('D' Size). couldn't see the pixels. @ 34x44 ('E' Size) you could see the the pixels if you looked close. If you stood back at a normal viewing distance for that sized of print, it didn't show. no special enchancement with any software.

The Deisgnet does as well with heavy bond as it does with High gloss.

I am adding commercial product photography to my services and I was
asked recently how big a image my E-10 can print, as in bringing a
file to a print service place. Poster size? Bigger? Any ideas? Does
Olympus offer an offical maximum size? Is there any benchmark for a
4 megapixel camera?

What is the biggest size you have printed? I do want it to be as
big as possible without being able to tell it is digital or to see
pixels.

Thanks!

Frank
--
http://www.franklinmcmahon.com/

 

[Richard Goulden]

Hi Nick,

I'm afraid not. It is somebody who does me a big favour now and again when I need them. I recently photographed his family to return the favour....

Sorry,

Richard

Thanks for the info, so I can send you a couple of images then?
Maybe we can sort a price out?

Rgds Nick