dave6134@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > At 05:16 PM 8/24/2004 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > >>Deen Hameed <deenhameed@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > Hardly *these* days... I remember Nikon advertising their ONE >> > MEGAPIXEL cameras as "now you can make 8x10s as good as film with >> > ease"... :D >> >>That was before I was following digital closely; what one megapixel >>models did Nikon make? > > Nikon Coolpix 900. It was a very nice camera for 1998 and in fact > could make quite good 8X10-inch prints. The best Coolpix print was not > as nice as the best 35mm prints but I've seen a ton of 35mm 8X10's > that were worse. Okay, 1.3 megapixels? That was *just* before I got into digital; I got an Epson 850Z, and decided not to get a Coolpix 950 or 990. > I still use a Kodak DC-260 for a backup and loaner. It can make 8X12 > prints I'm not ashamed to show. I've made some nice 8.5x11 prints from 2.1 megapixel images -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
