Digital BW, The Print

Jerry writes:

> I'm simply delighted with the quality of my
> D60, and lets just leave it there.  I use Fred
> Miranda's stair step action to get the image
> up to 13 inches wide at 300 DPI. I do NOT notice
> any lack of quality whatever when re sizing using
> this plug in.

That explains why you are delighted with the D60.  Some people don't care
much about resolution, and if one isn't concerned with resolution, then
digital is just fine.  The widespread success of digital implies that a lot
of people don't care about resolution.

> I've compared many a photo print to an epson print
> and always prefer the epson print.

Photo prints vs. Epson prints has absolutely nothing to do with film vs.
digital.  You can print film via any one of a number of means, including
photo and Epson prints; and you can do the same with images from a digital
camera.  And there is no such thing as a "digital print"; all prints are
analog prints, because all printing methods are analog (and always will be).

> In fact I'm selling all my other cameras now.

Your loss will be someone else's gain.

> for 13x19 prints, none of them produce better
> prints than the D60.

Again, if resolution doesn't matter to you, you don't need film.

> PS. I'm sure the next generations with 12
> Megapixels will satisfy even you.

I sometimes fret over the detail I am losing in 80 megapixel scans.