Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like to print 11x 14 but then it costs me $110 for a nice mount and frame. I still do it so my wife won't go out and buy some cheap prints at Walmart and hang on the wall. That's why I bought an M8, so I can print big. On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > My feelings exactly, after taking 8000 pictures with my M8--I look at > > the framelines, if they are not wide enough, I put a wider lens on. I > > think being hung up on a size defined by a historical accident is silly > > THREE people just said this and the reason may be because we really are not > so results orientated here on the LUG. Our results typically are displayed > on internet galleries and websites. A few hundred pixels in each direction. > Printed at 240 dpi that gives you a picture for your business card. Its no > wonder we don't mind shooting half frame we might as well be shooting > Minox. > We could be using a credit card camera for all anyone would know. And we > get shown stuff from cameras which sensor sizes similar to that every week. > > Though many of us have an Epson 3800 printer which can print a 17x22 inch > print. And the specs of our cameras really don't support this. > > On the M9 we get 5212 x 3472 (18 MP) > > If I print at 240 on rag paper I get a x 14.4 x 21.7 print > A 17x22 would NOT be a stretch. > > The M8 gives you 3936 x 2630 and from a much smaller image grabbing area. > For a 10.9 x 16.4 inch prints at 240. > > > So that's > 14.4 x 21.7 x vs. > 10.9 x 16.4 > > And a lot of you guys like to print glossy at 300. > > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) USA