Digital BW, The Print

Jerry,

> Austin, as I have said so many times, My digital images are VERY sharp,

And I have never disputed that, no one CARES about the sharpness.  A TWO
pixel sensor is equally as sharp!  It's simply not relevant.

> and full of shadow and highlight detail.

That's a dubious statement at best.  Do you mean it has detail in the
shadows and highlights?  So what?  That's tonality, not image detail, and
has nothing to do with resolution.

> The D60 is better than the D30
> at both. The images are as sharp as I'll ever need or want them up to 20
> inches. (with the D60). They will easily equal film. You say they won't.

No, I KNOW they simply don't at larger enlargements.  They DO at smaller
enlargements, where the higher resolution of the film is not apparent.

> I have them side by side and say they will. they do.

You have lousy film or are looking at small prints then.

> I'm of course talking about maximum sharpened digital
> images. I sharpen as much as I can get without showing any artifacts.

Why?  That reduces tonality.  Not EVERYTHING is "sharp".  I think you
somehow believe sharpness is good, it isn't necessarily, and can in fact
degrade the actual image.

> I'm 100 percent satisfied with my D 60 images
> to 20 inches.

That's good for you!  And that's what matters to YOU, but I am not happy
with them at all above 8x10.

> They absolutely equal provia scanned film at 4000 DPI.

Some images probably do, but a lot of digital images will be lacking in
detail when put side by side with a film image.  This is of course, talking
larger than 8x10.

> IF
> you haven't actually tried this with the D60 and an Epson 1280,

I have.

> please
> don't tell me film is better. It isn't.

Film is still better for enlargements larger than 8x10, and for a lot of
8x10s too...

Austin