So there are a few interesting threads at the moment talking about pixel counts and who needs or wants more or less of them. There is the 5DSr thread of Dustin's review ( http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=30383.0 ) the rumored 30MP count for the 5D MkIV ( http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=30388.0 ) and the entertaining 'Mega Pixel Chase' which seems to be deliberately misunderstood ( http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=30391.0 ) nothing new there then .
As some of you know I have posted images and crops before with the idea being to illustrate how much, or not, do we really need as photographers to get the images we want. Recently in a thread Eldar posted a crop of an image from his 1DX MkII where he was impressed with the modest sized output, particularly considering he had mistakenly shot in sRAW. Now I am a printer at heart and he made me a challenge, 'how big could I print it?' ( http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=1280.msg608514#msg608514 ).
After some emails back and forth Eldar gave me permission to post not only my rework of his file but the full PS file with my adjustments on it. ( https://www.dropbox.com/s/lox5ywzakopdyj8/_V4I2480.psd?dl=0 ) It is a touch over 1GB, it is 16bit layer TIFF in the ProPhoto color space. It is like that because I did it as smart layers on smart objects so people could play with the adjustments themselves if they liked.
I did a very simple resample, I then made two layers and sharpened one and denoised the other and used appropriate masks on both.
Now all our standards and expectations are different and some have previously said mine are too low, to give some perspective I print for other photographers for exhibitions (I am a pro photographer and printing is my 'hobby'), I say that not to sound like the big I am but to put my experience in some perspective. Some of the people I print for are very demanding! But the real point is how do we make sure we are all looking at the same thing at the same size? So I link both the original PS file and a screen grab with scale.
This file prints to 16"x24" at nose to print distance exceptionally well, the crop below is a screen shot of the file at print size with a life/print sized inch scale included. Just zoom the image in your browser, or download it, and zoom to get the scale to life size (hold a ruler to your screen) to get an accurate idea of the print detail. Remember this started as a 2,736 x 1,824 px image shot at 4,000 ISO. Second image shows full image.
I'll be interested in peoples opinions.
P.S. In the inline display the screen grab is resampled, you need to click on it to be able to get it the right size.
As some of you know I have posted images and crops before with the idea being to illustrate how much, or not, do we really need as photographers to get the images we want. Recently in a thread Eldar posted a crop of an image from his 1DX MkII where he was impressed with the modest sized output, particularly considering he had mistakenly shot in sRAW. Now I am a printer at heart and he made me a challenge, 'how big could I print it?' ( http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=1280.msg608514#msg608514 ).
After some emails back and forth Eldar gave me permission to post not only my rework of his file but the full PS file with my adjustments on it. ( https://www.dropbox.com/s/lox5ywzakopdyj8/_V4I2480.psd?dl=0 ) It is a touch over 1GB, it is 16bit layer TIFF in the ProPhoto color space. It is like that because I did it as smart layers on smart objects so people could play with the adjustments themselves if they liked.
I did a very simple resample, I then made two layers and sharpened one and denoised the other and used appropriate masks on both.
Now all our standards and expectations are different and some have previously said mine are too low, to give some perspective I print for other photographers for exhibitions (I am a pro photographer and printing is my 'hobby'), I say that not to sound like the big I am but to put my experience in some perspective. Some of the people I print for are very demanding! But the real point is how do we make sure we are all looking at the same thing at the same size? So I link both the original PS file and a screen grab with scale.
This file prints to 16"x24" at nose to print distance exceptionally well, the crop below is a screen shot of the file at print size with a life/print sized inch scale included. Just zoom the image in your browser, or download it, and zoom to get the scale to life size (hold a ruler to your screen) to get an accurate idea of the print detail. Remember this started as a 2,736 x 1,824 px image shot at 4,000 ISO. Second image shows full image.
I'll be interested in peoples opinions.
P.S. In the inline display the screen grab is resampled, you need to click on it to be able to get it the right size.