Digital BW, The Print

Jerry,

> I have a D60, and you can print very sharp, highly detailed 13x19 inch
> prints from that camera.

I agree with very sharp, any image can be made to be very sharp, film or
digital, but I question "highly" detailed at 13x19.  "Quite" detailed,
yes...and I'm sure they look pretty good, but I think you oversell the
ability of these digital cameras to capture "real" image detail.

The D60 has a 3152 x 2068 sensor, and it's an interpolated Bayer pattern
sensor.  Anyway, 2068 along a 13" side gives you only ~160 PPI to the
printer, which is somewhat marginally sufficient.  Whether you "rez" up or
not, rezzing up can't create detail that was not captured by the imaging
device in the first place.

One or two more generations of digicams (probably 16M pixels) and I'll buy
"highly" for a 35mm size digicam on a 13 x 19 ;-)

Regards,

Austin