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Subject: [OM] Re: Megapixels and printing photos
From: "Jeff Keller" <jeffreyrkeller@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:16:12 -0800
I thought the commonly accepted limit for the resolving power of an
eye is about 6 lp/mm   = > 12 lines/mm => 300 dpi  ?

But there are many great photos that don't have that resolution.

-jeff

On 11/15/06, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > To find the largest photo quality image you can print,
> > simply divide each dimension by 300:
> > 3266 / 300 = 10.89 inches
> > 2450 / 300 = 8.17 inches
>
>
> In otherwords, I consider this to be utter hogwash.  Somebody
> needs to define what "photo quality" is.  People who think that
> you have to have image-file-pixel per output-pixel are living on
> a planet other than Earth.  I dare say that you can't see 300dpi
> anyway.
>
> AG

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