Digital BW, The Print

Reese,

6 Megapixels are enough for a VERY sharp 12x18 print. The new Canon Top 
of the line D1, selling for $8000 or
so is sharper and has more highlight detail than any film. (Possibly 
excepting Tech Pan). Jeff Schew, a photo
shop guru and Alpha tester for Adobe got one and said he switched to 
digital because of that camera. Said it
was better than film.

If you are shooting wide angle landscpes you probably would want the 
11.1 megapixels of the Canon.

Jerry

Check out the professional reviews of the 11.1 megapixel canon.










xyz wrote:
> Look, I'm new to the list and new to digital.  I used
> to have an enlarger and do black and white, but that
> fell by the way side.  I've still got my Canon slr's,
> but wanted a digital for snapshots and thought a 3.2
> mp camera would be enough--the S230--and it is enough,
> for snapshots.  But it's nothing when you were used to
> Kodachrome 25 and Panatomic-X and that slow speed
> Ilford, whatever the name of it.  Now I know that 6 mp
> is not enough either, and 12 is probably not enough.
> 
> Anyway, I'd like to get back into black and white, but
> not on the same level some of you guys are.  I'm an
> amateur--I used to sell some stuff, but I doubt I do
> it again.
> 
> Maybe 5,000 dpi film scanners will come down in price
> soon.  That seems to be the way to go.
> 
> Anyway, it really looks like Epson has screwed us by
> pulling the 1160 from the United States.  Things would
> be clear if that hadn't happened.  Looks like the 1280
> might be the way to go?  Thing is, b&w on the printer
> I've got now--an HP5550 is not really bad.  There is
> some coloration, but I'm not sure this can't be
> straightened out to a large extent in PS.
> 
> It's good to see there are people who are into this,
> because that means companies will put out products. 
> But Joe Cone's stuff--man, like, he wants an arm and a
> leg for it.  I'm not going to be hanging stuff up in
> museums.  If I had anything that good, I could maybe
> pay one of you guys to do the printing.
> 
> Any comments very much appreciated.
> 
> 
> Reese
> 
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