Bought a Sony 3 weeks ago.Went to local store to ask if I gave them my memory card can they tell me how sharp the photo is blowing it up 8X10. Their answer was NO. Only after they blow it up can they tell me.Well isn,t that after the fact? Back in 35mm days I looked through 8X10 magnifing glass and didn,t have to ask anybody how sharp the slide was. That was only 5 weeks ago. I will transfer these shots on camera to computer, but I don't think that that is really magnifying picture. Where am I going wrong?
2006-11-23 00:20:52 · 5 answers · asked by Vintage Music 7 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
With digital, you use the camera's lcd screen or (preferably) some pc software to zoom in on details. If the focus looks good, any 6-megapixel camera used at best image quality can produce great 8x10 inch prints. Even 3-megapixel cameras can provide okay results.
If your Sony happens to be the A100, the only thing you might want to do is sharpen the image a bit with Photoshop/ Picasa/ your editor of choice. All point & shoots cameras have pretty good in-camera setting to take care of this, but dSLR cameras are more conservative. A little sharpening is neccessary to compensate for the AA-filter on the sensor.
2006-11-23 01:14:24 · answer #1 · answered by OMG, I ♥ PONIES!!1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are transferring the pictures to your computer, you will be able to judge for yourself. If you didn't shoot in some really small file size, I'd expect most newer Sony's are capable of giving decent 8x10 full-frame prints. I don't see any under 5 MP and that would be fine.
The question of your focus or shaking would be factors, but this would show up easily on your own computer monitor where you can pretty much view the image at 8x10.
2006-11-23 12:23:41 · answer #2 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Figure out how many pixels per inch when you print it out.
So, for a 6 Mpixel camera, we get 2000 x 3000 pixels for 8 x 10 or
3000 pixels / 10 inch = 300 pixels/inch
Most printers produce a very good image at 300 pixels/inch. Usually you need a magnifying glass to see the difference between 300p/in and 600 p/in.
Remember the old 480 x 640 computer screen size? That would work out to 64 pixels / inch -- most computer monitors are at least 75 pixels / inch, many are closer to 100 pixels / inch. That one wouldn't be as sharp as you computer monitor!
2006-11-23 08:49:57 · answer #3 · answered by sd_ducksoup 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to look, at the outside of it and see how sharp the lining is!
2006-11-23 08:23:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't forget film photos are always going to be sharper than digital for now...
2006-11-23 19:05:15 · answer #5 · answered by crystal j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋