[OM] Re: Oh, Digital, Wherefore Art Thou?

[C.H.Ling]

Something looks good on monitor doesn't mean it will print good at the same
size, for example you scale down a full frame to 1024x768, it will look very
good on a 17" monitor but can you make a 17" (diag.) print (with this
1024x768 file) and still look good? Impossible! Monitor is roughtly 72dip,
you need at least 3 times the resolution (>200dpi) to make a good print.

C.H.Ling

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxx>

> I'm going to add only two more points to this discussion.
>
> 1. My monitor is set to a resolution of 1024x768.  Measuring the width of
the 1/225th portion of the photo I posted as seen on screen at that setting,
then doing a little math, shows that if a print were made with the whole
enlarged to the same degree as that 494x317 pixel piece, it would be more
than 8 feet wide.  How well a digital shot would enlarge to an equal size is
something I can't speculate upon.  I'm sure someone will tell of seeing even
larger digital blow-ups that are tack-sharp, grainless and pixelless, with
vibrant color and a 3-D appearance that makes them see almost alive.  I've
got enough NaCl to take a grain or two PRN, so go right ahead.
>


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