I have the Canon EOS 20D, 8.2 MP. I was wondering how large of an enlargement I can make with pictures taken with this camera? Thanks
SezzySue Goldmember 1,388 posts Joined Jan 2006 Location: Las Vegas, NV (Born and Raised in Detroit, MI) More info | Jan 15, 2006 06:25 | #1 I have the Canon EOS 20D, 8.2 MP. I was wondering how large of an enlargement I can make with pictures taken with this camera? Thanks Sarah www.seibertphotography.com
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chrismaddock Senior Member 307 posts Joined Mar 2002 Location: Southampton, UK More info | Jan 15, 2006 06:28 | #2 Whatever size you like - with careful processing/interpolation I've had 20"x30" from a 3Mp D30. Chris Maddock
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tim Light Bringer 51,010 posts Likes: 375 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand More info | Jan 15, 2006 06:52 | #3 I have 20x30" pics made from my old 300D, a bunch more from my 20D, and i'm considering getting a 30x40" done, just to see how well it works. You can do billboards if you like, so long as you don't stand too close it'll look great. Professional wedding photographer, solution architect and general technical guy with multiple Amazon Web Services certifications.
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blue_max Goldmember 2,622 posts Joined Mar 2005 Location: London UK More info | It's not black and white, where the quality diminishes. Just many shades of grey. Generally larger means that it will be viewed from further away so it's not a problem. .
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defordphoto MKIII Aficionado 9,888 posts Likes: 3 Joined Oct 2002 Location: Pacific Northwest More info | 30x40 is just as awesome Tim. I've had several done at Mpix on their metallic paper and they are phenomenal! defordphoto | Celebrating the art of photography®
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sony23 Senior Member 738 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2005 More info | A client of mines had her images blown up to 6ft by 2ft boards and they looked awsome.
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RonaldS.Jr. Prodigal "Brick" Layer More info | Jan 15, 2006 09:19 | #7 I've only ever printed 13x19 (my i9900), but there was NO loss in quality. Looked fantastic. Mac users swear by their computers. PC users swear at theirs.
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jj1987 Goldmember 1,398 posts Joined Oct 2005 Location: Florida More info | Jan 15, 2006 15:12 | #8 Set your print size via "Image->Image Size" in photoshop without interpolation. IGNORE THE DPI!!! This is something that is nearly irrelevant, I dont care about numbers, I care about quality.
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Emenresu Senior Member 584 posts Joined Sep 2005 More info | Jan 15, 2006 15:22 | #9 you can always crop a section of the print to 4x6 or something to see how it will turn out before printing it big Daniel Cottle Portrait Photographer
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