Digital BW, The Print

Shilesh,

For some reason, and I haven't a clue as to why, the bigger prints,
(12x18) always seem to look sharper than smaller prints.  In fact 4x5
inch prints never look very sharp. But at 2880, they look a LOT sharper
than the other dpi settings. I use Fred Miranda's stairstep filter to
upsize my files. I usually don't enlarge more than 1.5 times the
original size, and I don't notice any quality loss at all.

Jerry

> On a similar, but not the same, note:  Using my D100 digital SLR, I
> have found the 12 x 18 prints (360 dpi, up-sized in PS in 5%
> increments) to be more convicing than the same image printed at 6 x
> 9.  This is viewing at arm-length, not nose-to-paper.  I find it
> strange, but I have not dug deeper to find out why!  I am going to
> try printing the 6 x 9 images at 2880 dpi to see if the prints
> get "better".
> 
> Regards.
> 
> Shilesh
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson
> <jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> > Just thought I'd toss this out.  I've spent the day making all
> sorts of
> > different test prints using many different settings.  When making
> > smaller prints, say in the 6x8 range or smaller, for some reason,
> 2880
> > DPI is MUCH sharper than the 720 or 1440 setting.  Its like putting
> an
> > apochromatic lens on your enlarger.  Especially if you have
> extremely
> > fine detail like grass. When I first got the printer, I tried 2880
> DPI a
> > couple of times (on 12x18 prints), but only noticed a tiny
> improvement
> > over 1440. But for the smaller prints it is much sharper. I have no
> idea
> > why this should be so.
> >
> > Jerry
> 
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