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Old 02-17-2009, 09:35 AM   #31
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Tigs...how is the printing quality on that sucker?
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Old 02-17-2009, 12:13 PM   #32
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yo tigs shes a 7 1/2
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Old 02-17-2009, 12:57 PM   #33
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Oh FYI. You don't need an OMG stupid megapixel camera for decent quality prints.
For 8.5x11 I would say you need a minimum of 5MP, but after that, lens quality, focus quality, and color balancing become more important IMO.

Also you need to study what kind of compression algorithm is being used.
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Old 02-17-2009, 01:22 PM   #34
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Oh FYI. You don't need an OMG stupid megapixel camera for decent quality prints. Here's actually a good reference from believe it or not, Microsoft, regarding megapixel/printquality yadda yadda wtf ever. If you give a shit, read.[/URL]
I've seen quality 30X20 prints out of a 5MPix Olympus E-1. A travel/tourism shooting acquaintance of mine has had 30 FOOT banners up on the walls of Skydome, taken with his Canon 20D. You have to start with a quality shot; good camera, good lenses. from there you can up-scale to ridiculous levels. A little 5mm sensor with a 7.5mm lens just doesn't cut it, especially not when the 'camera' has been tweaked for consumer style output (over-saturated, over-sharpened).
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Old 02-17-2009, 02:33 PM   #35
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An older camera I used to have had a compression routine where pixels close to each other would be forced into the same color. Even if you selected the "Fine" setting.
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Old 02-17-2009, 05:42 PM   #36
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Tigs...how is the printing quality on that sucker?

Very,very good so far...although I apparently don't have the correct camera...J/K! As far as I can tell the pics look really good,heck I haven't even used my Picassa,Photoshop,Kodak or Canon programs to fix anything yet....I'm just printing them straight up and they look ok to me. As far as I'm concerned for $35 (after rebate) I don't see how I could have gone wrong!
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Old 02-17-2009, 06:11 PM   #37
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Hate to tell ya but I got a $63 pair of dress pants for $8 thanks to a sale at Macy's plus signing up for the credit card (which i only use at macy's and pay off immediatly) plus the bonus discount for USING the macy's card.

I believe I win.
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Old 02-17-2009, 07:48 PM   #38
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Hate to tell ya but I got a $63 pair of dress pants for $8 thanks to a sale at Macy's plus signing up for the credit card (which i only use at macy's and pay off immediatly) plus the bonus discount for USING the macy's card.

I believe I win.
Oh really? Well I just saved money on my auto insurance by switching to Geico!
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Old 02-17-2009, 08:00 PM   #39
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Plus I bought a $800 ring of a discount jewelery site for $12!!!! Oh AND I got a pair of A* SMX Plus boots for $150 OTD at a dealership! Plus I used a coupon and got a large bag of Puppy Chow for $10

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Old 02-17-2009, 10:51 PM   #40
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yo tigs shes a 7 1/2
Here's an 8 on Ebay,I hear that they run a little small so...good luck!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Icon-...Q5fMerchandise

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