f16sunshine
Moderator
Looking for comments on your printing experience.
How large have you printed and how satisfied were you with the results?
Any recommendations, comments, and/or cautionary tales you would like to share are most welcome.
Thank you!
How large have you printed and how satisfied were you with the results?
Any recommendations, comments, and/or cautionary tales you would like to share are most welcome.
Thank you!
Pablito
coco frío
20" wide image looks great, could easily go bigger.
rhl-oregon
Cameras Guitars Wonders
17x22 of a shot taken with the 60 2.4 (one that you commented on, A.)
taemo
eat sleep shoot
this on 24x32 canvas print
DSCF2348 by earl.dieta, on Flickr
as long as you don't overly crop the image, I think you have no problem printing it this big
DSCF2348 by earl.dieta, on Flickras long as you don't overly crop the image, I think you have no problem printing it this big
DwF
Well-known
14x21
14x21
This one looks fine at 14x21 and could easily have been printed larger.
14x21
This one looks fine at 14x21 and could easily have been printed larger.
I've printed 20x30" prints that I was satisfied with... however, your expectations may be higher than mine.
Photog9000
Well-known
I only print up to 12"x18" out of my R2400 but have done that with images out of a 4.1MP Nikon D2H. I find I can crop the X-Trans images (16MP) easily and get images that work for me.
willie_901
Veteran
They are really no different than any 16 MP camera. All the basic guidelines and techniques one uses to prepare for a large print apply.
Canyongazer
Canyongazer
13"x20" at ISO 250. Good detail and tonality.
Pretty much equal to 645 film, IMO.
Pretty much equal to 645 film, IMO.
Trooper
Well-known
I've done a 30x40 canvass, and I'm satisfied. It is the largest I've ever had anything printed.
xtrac1
Newbie
I recently ordered two prints at 20x30 using iPhoto. They turned out very well.
f16sunshine
Moderator
You think? It's a request for comments more than just a question.
I'm just looking for feedback from users experience. Comments so far have been encouraging although not terribly technical.
My experiecne to date has been under 20" on the long side in color. (reasonble satisfied with the results).
Looking to maybe go up tp 40" on the long side both color and B+W for a project this summer dressing up a taproom in MT (with original content from the actual location).
Aristophanes
Well-known
16 megapixels prints well at full rez up to 30" IMO. Depends on the material and original image quality. A tripod, very sharp, static scene image could go up to 40", especially with B/W. The higher the ISO the smaller the print, usually non-linear relationship. Some colours or scenes (choppy bokeh) can look pixellated or watercolour if overly blown up. A lot depends on the media quality for tricky items like a grad sky. From these comments I'd say your sensor's baseline is between 20" and 30".