Largest Print on a large format printer

[TRUUCHA]

WHAT IS THE LARGEST SIZE PICTURE U CAN DEVELOPE ON A CANON 10D PICTURE TAKING ON A LARGE FORMAT,,

ONE SIZE BELOW RAW IMAGE

EXAMPLE : LARGE--- *THIS SIZE*
LARGE
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
SMALL
SMALL

[BearSummer]

Hi Truucha,

It depends on how far away people ar going to be viewing the image from. The further away the bigger the image can be, it could be the size of a billboard so long as they are looking at it from more that 50ft away. The general advice is that the viewing distance should be the same or bigger than the diagonal distance of the image. So for example, if the image is 9*6 then the viewing distance is (9^2+6^2)^0.5=(81+36)^0.5=(117)^0.5=10.5 inches.

Best regards

BearSummer

[TRUUCHA]

i'am confuused ?????

for example can i make a 16x20 size picture out of a large format picture,,

say i shoot 2 people in a studio using a large format on my 10d, can i take that picture to a lab an make a 16x20 size picture out of it ????

[PhotosGuy]

BearSummer is right. You can make anything out of anything. How successful it is depends on:
Original quality of the pic, lighting, apparent sharpness, etc.
Your, & the 'clients' perceptions of 'quality'.
Viewing distance.
Etc, etc.

Only you can judge the results. Make the pic & see what you think.

[IndyJeff]

Your 10D will make a print at 20 x 30 with no problem. When looking at getting large prints, contact where ever you will be getting it done and see what their pixel requirements are for excellant quality on a print that size.

[IanBMW]

If you want large prints I would suggest shooting RAW, not that it makes a HUGE difference. Oh and if you have photoshop remember to blow up the image using Bicubic resampling. I blew up a Dreg image to 16x20 and it looked flawless.

[chris.bailey]

I have printed images off the 10D up to A0 size and have found it best not to upsize and to add minimal sharpening as both tend to emphasise noise when going so big.

[rowdy]

TRUUCHA, I get super quality 16x20's with no problem. I shoot exclusively with the "Large" compression. A lot also depends on what kind of magic you can get out of the printer. I've got a firm that can print my "full" image, as it comes out of the camera, onto outdoor banner type material and it looks fantastic.

[who10]

When I shoot in RAW format I commonly print to 16x20 for images cropped down to 70% of an original 10D image and easily get to 20x30 for most uncropped images.

Here's a link to some D60/10D examples that get printed frequently at those sizes:

http://www.haskellct.com/EE_Galleries/Gallery1/list.php?exhibition=9

Mt Saint Helens is a full size image taken with a D60 and an EF24-85 that prints beautifully at 20x30. The Tiger pair is a 60% crop also taken with a D60 but with a 70-200IS which makes terrific 16x20s but that is it's limit. On the other hand the Tiger's lair was taken with the same camera and lens and looks terrible at any size - poor quality shot! The butterfly and dragon fly are heavy crops (1/3 the original) and look best at 13x19 or 11x14. The heron breaks down printed larger than 13x19 - it's roughly a 50% crop from a 20D.

As Photoguy and Bearsummer have said - depends on the picture quality, exposure and lighting how successful one ends up - but the equipment is certainly capable of producing nice enlargements.
David

[charlesu]

I print G2 jpegs as 16x20s.......People mistake them for something from my Hassy.