RE: Need help with digital pix

["Max Gallade" <m.gallade@jdneuhaus.com>]

Mark,Bob,Chad,all
Thank you for your great help.The images I tried to use were 1600x1200pixel,
96dpi.
I guess I have to shoot the pix again with my 35mm camera.
Max

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com
> [mailto:owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com]On Behalf Of Chad Attlesey
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 9:18 PM
> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> Subject: Re: Need help with digital pix
>
>
> >> Is there a way to transform digital images to magazine printing quality
> >> slides other than shooting the images from your PC screen?
> >> I try to get an article published in a German aquarium
> publication and they
> >> can't use my digital pix.
> >> TIA
>
> Your images were probably rejected because of the resolution at which they
> were sent.  Unless you spent several thousand dollars for a
> high-end digital
> camera, your images, I am guessing were less than 1280 x 1024
> pixels.  Most
> magazines/print media usually (in my experience in non-aquarium
> publications) like to see images that are at least 300-400 dots per inch.
> Say you submitted images that were 640 x 480 pixels (the most common
> resolution for digital still cameras).  The magazine could only reproduce
> your images at 2.13 x 1.6 inch.  This is a pretty tiny image and,
> given the
> topic, probably of no use to the magazine.  Blown up larger than this,
> things start looking lousy really fast.
>
> Digital cameras are great for online/internet/digital documents but have
> limited use in print work.  The best (and cheapest) bet for print
> work is to
> take pictures with your 35mm or other film camera, have the
> images you want
> to use printed at 8 x 10 (usually a few bucks at your local film shop) and
> get yourself a nice flatbed scanner that is capable of scanning at least
> 1200 dots per inch (optically, not digitally interpolated, there is a
> difference in quality).  If you hunt around a little, you can get one of
> these flat bed scanners for less than $100.00 US.  I see them occasionally
> now as little as $50.00.  Until the cost of CCD cameras comes down and the
> image resolution goes up, this is still the best way, IMHO, to create high
> quality digital images for publication.
>
> My 2 cents worth.  Now back to your regularly scheduled apisto
> discussions.
> Sorry to go off topic.
>
> - Chad
>
>
>
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