Digital BW, The Print

Paul and Everyone,
  I think its great what Canon and Nikon are doing in increasing the
megapixels and thus the quality and size we can print.
  But what I am wondering about is the statement of 12x18 at 300 ppi.
I have heard photographers claim they can do a beautiful 30x40 from
these same cameras. Anybody have experience with this?
  Thanks,
  Darryll
  
-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, claudej1@a... wrote:
> From: "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@v...>
> Subject: RE: Re:  Canon 1Ds MK II
> 
> I'd bet most of us B&W film die-hards are just  waiting for digital
to reach
> the point where we can jump on the band  wagon.  I think these
threads are
> relevant.
> 
> Paul
> _www.PaulRoark.com_ (http://www.PaulRoark.com)  
>  
>  
> It sure is hard to beat the resolution of good glass on Tmax 100 and  
> difficult to "let go." Denial is just as strong as economics in the
process.  Since I 
> lost my "chemical dependency" in 1999, I have never looked back. I 
actually 
> kept a Sinar and all the glass to use with a Dicomed scan back, so I
 COULD 
> still shoot film but have not yet found a need.
>  
> Being a vertically integrated company, Canon is setting the world on
fire  
> right now and I can't image needing more resolution than 16.7 native
Megapixels  
> in a file, since that can make a 12x18 print at 300 ppi with no 
> interpolation.  The original Canon 1Ds, with 11 mpx caused many a
die-hard MF film holdout 
> to  make the jump, both landscape and commercial shooters. I have
dubbed the 
> Canon  1Ds Mk II the "MF digital back killer." I'm sure the market,
in time, 
> will prove  me correct. It has so far.
>  
> The multi-layer, masking techniques, and post process RGB filter  
> equivalencies make digital capture a much more efficient proposition
for B&W  output. Not 
> to mention the huge array of lens choices. That is a practical 
conderation, 
> even for those who only count the 8.4 Megapixels of the green 
channel as 
> providing "true resolution" whatever that means.
>  
> Claude
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