ksphotography Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I have a Nikon d7000. I shot a large football team poster yesterday. The poster is 24x36. I used my 24-70mm 2.8, I know this probably wasn't the best lens but felt like it was my best choice for what I have in my camera bag. I used 22 for my fstop and my ISO was 400. The resolution is lower. It's still going to print because I can't think of anything else to do. Is it my camera, my lens choice, the size of the poster, what could I have done better. To include all the boys in the poster, I was probably 40-50 yards back to include them all. This is just a really big job for me as it gets me in front of 60-70 local families and or seniors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Sorry, I don't understand what you're asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksphotography Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 jpeg of the print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksphotography Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 My basic question is, What did I do wrong that my resolution is low. Is it my camera, lens choice, size of print? I'm frustrated that I can't get a crisp poster of this size with my D7000. I want to upgrade to the D750 but I do a lot of work for this school, about 12 different sports for them a year, Will the D750 do better? I know that the 35mm lens would have been a better choice but I'm trying to upgrade as I go.... I feel like I'm comfortable with photography until I get to issues like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 You haven't actually told me what your resolution was. What are the pixel dimensions of the file that came out of your camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksphotography Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 10871 px by 7200 with a resolution of 300 for a 36x24 print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 No, that's 78 megapixels. No way does your camera shoot 78 megapixels. I want to know the exact dimensions of the file you shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksphotography Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Dimensions 4928px by 3264px. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Great! Then you did perfectly. There's not a single thing you could have done differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksphotography Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 4 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said: Great! Then you did perfectly. There's not a single thing you could have done differently. If I had a higher resolution camera... Like the 750, would they be more crisp? Do you have any advice for shooting large groups like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Let me see a 100% crop from the SOOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksphotography Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 That's excellent. Really good quality. Have no fear, my friend. The print will look excellent. Make sure you send a PDF file to the printer, not a jpeg. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/05/making-pdfs-from-photoshop.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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