Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@c...> wrote:
> 
> >What I'd consider instead is 
> >trying to go up to 24 x 30 on the 7600 at 240 or 180 ppi and waiting 
> >for Canon to replace the 6.3 MP 10D with an 8.2 MP 10D+ or
> something. 

Canon's new 8mp 20D digital camera has an APS-C size photo sensor
again. So that means the pixel/photo site size is reduced compared to
the 10D (6.4 microns vs. 7.4 microns). So what's improved is noise
reduction to compensate when shooting in dim lighting condition.

I'd be very surprised if it will allow much larger enlargment than the
10D. Only actual shooting will prove or disprove.


> I agree.  I'm currently using the Canon 8mp Pro-1 and am impressed
> with the quality at large sizes.  I temporarily enlarged a portrait to
> several sizes in PS and printed out a section (part of the face with
> eyeglass frame and hair) just to see what the limits were.  
> 
Well lit portraits do indeed permit larger printed size. It's in the
field where the light is not always perfect that digital start showing
 its limits (noise in the shadows, blown highlights, blooming and
color fringing).

The 20D looks like it will be a real improvement over the 10D but may
not permit the hoped for enlargment sizes. In surface area, the 20D
photo sensor is still only 63% that of the other 8mp dslr camera
(Canon EOS-1D Mark II).  (19.1x27.7 vs 15x22.5)

But Photokina being about a month away, we may still see something
interesting. Anyway, it's getting more and more interesting.