Hi Moose,
> I've made some very nice 8x10 (A4?) prints from a 2mp P&S, some even
> cropped. Viewed at close distances, they still look pleasant, but are
> obviously not highly detailed. At normal viewing distance, they are in
> some ways nicer than scanned film. I think it's something to do with
> color linearity, but I'm not sure. In any case, regular people tend to
> pick them out as eye catching and remark on how much they like them. I
> don't do that much anymore, as the higher rez digis I have now have the
> same characteristics with better detail resolution.
In general, I also pick out digital prints. But I can't with these
(except for the fact that I knew which one was digital and which one
wasn't). I think most people drop their memory cards off at their local
"printed in 1 microsecond while you make us richer shopping for other
stuff" places. Somehow, many digital prints miss a 3d feeling.
Not so with this place (Bert Verlinden in Leuven, for the ones in
Belgium). I heard from somebody who should know that he uses a kind of
analog printing method that requires dipping the prints in baths
afterwards, but I don't know. In any case, the printouts are stunning.
>>Unfortunately, that particular cheap 3mp camera (a Minolta) has an
>>extreme shutter lag
> The shutter and shot to shot lag of digicams has improved enormously in
> newer models.
>>and terrible colour balance
> Again, color balance has improved in general, but it's still the
> responsibility of the photographer to use the right settings.
Well, it is a very cheap one for a reason. Probably not the newest one
either, it was quite big, though feather light, 100% pure plastic alien
lookalike monster.
In any case, the most important thing that I learnt out of this was that
the person behind the camera is much more important than the camera
itself these days. I could've adjusted the colour balance on my PC and
the digital prints would've been very hard to distinguish from the
analog ones.
Peter.
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