Print size for a 14.2 MP image?
I have a nikon d3100, and i want to get a portrait photograph printed. Can anyone tell me what is the largest size I can get. I went to a print shop, and found that printing on canvas is costlier, but allows image sizes which are bigger than photo paper. Also, is canvas recommended?
I'd love to get a 15'X20' print… Possible?
Added (1). EDIT: Sorry, no no… I meant inches. My bad.
how about now?
The standard print size is 16"x20". Not sure if that is what you meant, but if you go shorter, they could perhaps cut an inch off, but then if you want a frame, then you will have to go with a custom one, etc.
Canvas is very nice for portraiture as it gives sort of a painting look to it. But realize that it will have a texture to the photo - which may or may not be what you want.
I once took a portrait of my grandparents for their 50th wedding anniversary, and had a 16x20 canvas print made from it. I used a YashicaMat 124G roll film camera which was a medium-format camera (large negative).It came out almost like a painting - very nice.
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15' x 20' is probably too big for a 14.2mp image. You are talking 15x20 feet aren't you? That's going to be very expensive.
Best of luck.
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EDIT: 15x20 inches shouldn't be a problem. Here in Nova Scotia, Canada you can get a 24" x 36" poster printed at the 'Superstore' grocery chain for 24.00. A 16x20 for 16.00.
I have had good prints at 16 x 12 inches from a 4 MP camera, so 14 MPs could go much bigger.
There's no size limitation. Large prints are meant to be viewed from large distances. So any softening from low DPI would be minimized by the limits of visual acuity.
Ok so 14.2MP on a sensor with a 3:2 ratio gives us an image of 4616 X 3080.
Printing that at 15"X20" would mean a DPI of about 230. That is definatly doable… 300DPI is for offset printing (printing things like flyers) … 230 is a great value for a large print.
Just be aware that your ratio is off by trying to print it on 15X20. The image has a ratio of 3:2 so for every 3 pixels in width there are 2 pixels in height but your canvas has a ratio of 4:3 so you'll need to do some cropping on your image to give it a 4:3 ratio as well… So about 4106 X 3080 if I did my math correctly.