On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:40:57 +0800, karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote/replied to: >it's softening, adding stuff and giving an overall impression that the pic >looks OK bigger, is all :) > >Upsizing is a pretty acceptable practice these days, even amoung those who >know the image isn't being 'upsized' > >however, the method used probably parallels optical enlarging to a degree - >use a poor quality lens or the wrong aperture and the image softens and >degrades more than it should. It's my experience that the Fuji Frontier machine does the best upsizing. I've had small images printed to 10" by 15" with excellent results. -- Jim Davis, Owner, Eastern Beaver Company: http://easternbeaver.com/ Motorcycle Relay Kits, Powerlet, Posi-Lock, Parts, Info, Photos K100RSes on both sides of the planet!