Digital BW, The Print

I think they may be different standards for different markets.
If the amateur market is heavy into making letter sized inkjets on ok paper
than the noise and other aspects of image quality will have to be good
enough to support that.  If they instead opt for where they were doing
before: 4x6¹s. But on various output printing machines now. Then the specs
would only be very low.  And further miniaturization will come faster.
With 110 and Disk film in the 70¹s with the fake silver scare and realized
how far is too far. Output quality wise.

Pro¹s and serious amateurs will have higher standards of course and will
need to stick around larger sensor sizes longer.
Lets not forget as far as noise goes those third party software options are
part of the given workflow for lots of more serious workers.
Not that I¹ve needed them with my D100 and the scans from my Nikon 5000.

My eye is on the results I need to produce 13x19s on the Epson Velvet paper.

I think I¹m ok with the APS-c size chip and can even do this at 6 megapixels
with my D100 but am on the outer limits with this.
Which is better than being in the Twilight zone.

When I want better quality I go from scans from film but I have no leeway in
the lesser direction.

13x19s on the Epson Velvet paper from my Leica Panasonic Digilux one are
just past the threshold of what I like to get.  I avoid going there. But
will in a pinch.

Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland Oregon
http://rabinergroup.com/





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