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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
04-03-2019, 08:51 AM
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Right, and I don't think it is just CA.
When we start dealing with a lens that is softer, we might need a higher dpi to maintain what appearance of sharpness we can get, or we put a lot more effort into sharpening in PP. But it isn't too straightforward because that need develops because we have more resolution. It is a bit of a chicken and the egg situation.
Ultimately, it's probably best not to think too hard about these things, but it is useful to be aware that we don't need 300 dpi for everything we print (despite what a printer might tell you).
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
04-02-2019, 02:26 PM
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Good thread and comments.
I've printed photos down to 150dpi to suite an older K10d photo (that was cropped) onto a large poster sized sheet of paper.
I do generally try to get the most resolution I can get for printing, but I don't fret it too much. If I am printing big, I hope to be standing back to look at the image anyway to see it.
The thing I notice most when printing large images is the quality of the lens, more than anything.
Looking back, I was most happy with the 16MP images from my K5 because they had a nice flexibility in cropping an image and still printing at a decent dpi (150 minimum). Cropping is the only reason I would hesitate to say all one needs is a 3MP or 8MP image. Cropping also allows one to overcome some lower quality lenses (those where the edges aren't good).
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