I fully agree with Peter Marshall. And I'll add, unless you're a high-end photographer/printer, forget all the nonsense about the terribly degrading effects upsizing an image will create. Do a little experimenting on your own. I have several digital cameras including a 6 mp point and shoot from a dozen+ years ago. I particularly liked one of the vacation pics taken on this camera and decided to work it up in PS. When finished, I resized it to 20x30 inches, sharpened it, and had a poster made at Walgreens (!). It's great and is very hard to distinguish from the image on my calibrated monitor. (BTW, at my Walgreens they have a large format Epson printer using K3 inks, prints are made on Fuji Crystal Archive paper.)
The most important thing I've learned in photography is to confirm widely held opinions with my own testing. Most folks just follow the chatter and soon the chatter becomes the gospel. Test for yourself.Posted by: michael3442@yahoo.com
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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Is this how pixels and dpi work?
2016-05-11 by Jacques Caron
My two cents; like Michael, I made some 24x36 out of my old 6MP D-70 Nikon (DX Format). The lens was very good (a 18-70mm that I should have kept!) and the prints looked very good, printed on a Epson 7900. Testing resolution vs size helped me understand what's OK and what's not.
I made my own rules so I would be glad with the results. Don't get me wrong, I don't accept "cheap" prints; I've been a photographer for more than 30 years and I hope I know a bit about printing.
So shed some $, make your own tests and from what you see, stick to your own rules.
Good luck
Jacques Caron
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