How Many Pixels Do You Need? I made a 30"x40" print from a 20 MP photo

Do you have to have a high megapixels camera to make large prints? Do you have to follow 300 DPI rule to make high quality prints? Sometimes you hear people say they need to get a high megapixel camera for printing, while sometimes you hear some other people say you can print any size you want out of a 8 MP photo.

So who is right?

In order to find out the truth about making prints, I did a 30 inch by 40 inch large print out of a 20 MP photo captured with my Fujifilm X-T2. In this video, I am going to show you what the print look like at different viewing distances.

I tried a couple viewing distances:
1. 15 inch away from the print
2. 30 inch away from the print
3. 45 inch away from the print
4. 60 inch away from the print
5. Longer than 60 inches

At 15 inch viewing distance, which is super short considering the size of the print, the print does look a little bit soft. But if you step back to 30 inch, the print looks much better. And at 45 inch and beyond, the print looks sharp and nice.

In my opinion, if you need a high megapixel camera boils down to two questions:
1. Do you make large prints?
2. What viewing distance you expect people to look at your prints?
If you make large prints and you expect people to look at your prints at a super close distance, then you probably will benefit from a high megapixel camera. Otherwise, you are probably going to be just fine with any 20-24 megapixels camera.

Hope you find the video helpful.

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