Digital BW, The Print

Hi Austin,

> >   Quality for 13x19 inch prints equals
> >   film with the D60.
> 
> Equals WHAT film?  Not ALL film, that's for sure. 

Certainly NOT!

Austin, you obviously see quality in scans I don't see. My D30 gives me
extremely sharp, detailed closeups. It equals provia 100, or supra 100,
or Reala 100 etc. I've made the side by side tests. I much prefer the
digital, even the D30, which was used for comparison to the film prints.
I did this before I even bought the camera, when I downloaded some D30
files at full rez. This does NOT hold true for landscape photography,
only closeups with my canon macro lenses. Believe me when I tell you the
13x19 inch print is great.  I just don't care what the technical data
says. I have the prints, and I know what I see. I know that the D60 will
be much better than the D30, and I'm completely satisfied with the D30,
for closeups. I'm quite sure the D60 will give me the results I need in
landscape photography.  Remember, I'm only talking about 13x19 prints. I
don't know what the quality would be in huge sizes. Certainly not as
good as scanned film, I'm sure. 

When you rez the D30 up to 240 DPI for the 13x19 inch prints, I really
can't see any loss in quality. You say there is, in detail, that it just
can't be as good. The calculus professor can prove a bumblebee cannot
fly. But it does.  

I am happy with the camera, and I guess this is all that matters to me.
I'm sure I'll be happier yet when my D60 gets here. It STILL isn't here,
and I ordered it 6 weeks ago.

jer

> Now, don't get me wrong...it's a great camera, and you'll get great images
> from it...but I challenge the claim that it'll give you a 13x19 same as film
> in all circumstances, because it won't. 

No, I never EVER said in all circumstances. I'm talking closeups, ( Cat
portraits), and Extremely sharp lenses here. There is a big difference
between Top grade glass and average lenses, and it really shows up in digital.