prints and megapixel help

[flea77]

What about this Allen. Would this give me large digital prints?

Mamiya | 310-246 RB67 Adapter HX-702 for 645AFD ZD | 310-246
Mamiya 310-246 RB67 Adapter HX-702 for 645AFD ZD Digital Back

First off, that is just an adapter, the scanning back would be several thousand more.

Mamiya 645ZD Digital Back AFD II

Second, the digital back for that camera I believe is a 22mp back, too low for what you want.

Allan

 

[lbridges]

I think lbridges confused you. ...

Allan

Sorry if that's what happened. I understood the OP to want 4ft X 5ft prints that were to be viewed from 1ft distance.

All I was trying to say is that at work I have seen prints made on an Epson 9900 (44" wide), taken with a Nikon D3X, and at one foot viewing distance they are not acceptable IMO. Standing back at a "normal" viewing distance is another matter, they look great.

I also have older 35mm slide films (Kodachrome 25) that can't stand up to someone viewing (or should I say inspecting?) from a foot away from the screen. Again, when sitting on a chair and watching a slide show from a 'normal' distance they look great.

I think the only solution to the problem posed would be medium format or a view camera. And in digital, that would be very expensive (for my household budget anyway).

 

[bhphotography]

If big is what matters, and budget doesn't matter, check out a Hasselblad with a digital back. Most advertising photographers are shooting that. It's upwards of 39 megapixels.

 

[flea77]

If big is what matters, and budget doesn't matter, check out a Hasselblad with a digital back. Most advertising photographers are shooting that. It's upwards of 39 megapixels.

That would get you just a little bigger than 20x20 inches, nowhere near what the OP wanted to do. To get larger you really need something like 6x9 film at around 138mp or 4x5 film at about 592mp.

Allan