Digital BW, The Print

> I shoot a lot with my hasselblad, and sounds like the D60 might
> it for me up
> to 16X20 inches. I have been printing on an Epson 3000 with quad
> inks -- the
> negs are scanned on my Umax Powerlook 3000 (maxxed at 3048ppi). When I get
> my Epson 7600 I will be printing many of my Hass negs at 24 by 24, and at
> 24X30(cropped). I wonder if the D60 will do as well as the Hass at those
> print sizes.
>
> Jim

Jim,

There's no logical reason the D60 could give the same "image quality" as a
Hasselblad will for images 16 x 20 and above....(assuming well "produced"
images, of course).  And...of course, that depends on what one means by
"image quality"...but by what I consider "image quality", simply no.

The D60 has a sensor resolution of 3072 x 2048...which would mean 2048 over
16", which is 128 pixels per inch to the printer...  Yes, you can "uprez"
it...but that does not add more REAL detail to the image, as what's there is
what's there...  Note, this does not take into account that the pixels from
the D60 are interpolated, and film from the Hasselblad is not...and that you
can shoot B&W natively with the Hasselblad.

I have a digital camera that has higher resolution than the D60, and it
gives a TRUE RGB images, not interpolated images as the D60 does...and they
do stand up to about 8x10...and beyond that, there is simply no contest, the
Hasselblad is far superior.  The digital camera I have uses standard Nikon
mount lenses...which are equally on par with the Canon lenses for the D60,
and it gives 2700 x 3400 (9M) TRUE 24 bit (or 48 bit) pixels with no
interpolation at all.

That's just my experience...and, it in no way is meant to degrade the D60,
as it is a fantastic camera, and certainly produces fantastic images, but it
has limitations, in reality.  I suggest before you "dis" your Hasselblad,
you do a real image comparison of your needs...

Regards,

Austin