Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/10

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Subject: [Leica] More signs of the Digital Age
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed Nov 10 00:18:50 2004
References: <007c01c4c6fd$2d232500$f702a8c0@jorglaptop>

I am not saying 10dpi is acceptable, merely that 300dpi is not the only 
resolution that can be used and quoting resolution in print size 
implies one useable print resolution. The lowest print res I have tried 
is 180dpi.
Frank

On 10 Nov, 2004, at 08:13, Jorg Willems wrote:

> There must be a correlation between DPI and quality of print.  10 dots 
> per
> inch is for sure not enough and 10,000 DPI is totally over the top.  
> Hence,
> it must be between those extremes.  I understand that "quality of 
> print" is
> some how subjective.
>
> I am one of those stupid guys that thinks that 300 DPI delivers 
> acceptable
> prints.  I must have missed something.  Please, explain.
>
> Regards J?rg
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jorg.willems=pp.inet.fi@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jorg.willems=pp.inet.fi@leica-users.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> Frank Dernie
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 9:58 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] More signs of the Digital Age
>
> I have met people who assume there is a "natural" print resolution of
> 300dpi. They quote print sizes this way, stupid but true.
> Frank
>
> On 10 Nov, 2004, at 02:58, Frank Filippone wrote:
>
>> So I go to my local camera store to buy some film.  This store has
>> been in
>> business for a good 40 years, under the same family .   While there, I
>> inquire about scanning my rolls and placing them on a CD rather than
>> cheapo
>> prints.  Fine. Low res scans for a roll are roughly $12 including film
>> processing.
>> (Then I get stupid.)
>> They also process and scan 6x6 120 film, but only Hi res scans.
>> (Now I get REALLY stupid.)
>> So what are the file sizes for a hi res scan? ( I ask the lovely lady
>> at the
>> counter.)  She responds with the following....
>>
>> 30x40 Print size.
>>
>> What the $%#$** was I told?  How can a person translate from print
>> size to
>> file size?  What about the invented pixels, are they included?
>>
>> I'm very confused........
>>
>>
>> Frank Filippone
>> red735i@earthlink.net
>>
>>
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