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Re: [Digital BW] Print Quality From A Nikon D1

2002-05-29 by Moreno Polloni

> Bob, my D30 CLOSEUPS are as sharp as provia film scanned at 4000 dpi.
> The 12x18 print is as sharp or sharper than the provia at the same
> enlargement. You have to twiddle with the sharpness controls a lot to
> get it that sharp, without artifacts, but the D-30 can take a LOT of
> sharpening before anything shows up as an artifact. I have no doubt
> whatever that the D60 will be able to please you. I'm as picky as you
> are, and believe me, the D30 closeups are sharp. The landscapes have way
> too much fine detail and don't hold up nearly as well as closeups do.

What do you feel is the difference between pixels of close-up detail and
pixels of landscape detail?

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