B.S., I say! (and that's NOT a Bachelor of Science!)

I saw an ad for canvasworld.com on FB this morning and went to their site out of curiosity. On their pricing page, it states:

Don't Worry! You can safely choose any size canvas you want no matter how small your photo is. iPhone or other smartphone photos are large enough for any size canvas. We carefully check each canvas before printing to make sure your canvas looks great. If there is a problem with your photo, we'll let you know.

Exsqueeze me? Baking powder? A 40x60 from a smartphone image?

Todd, I would agree with them. You just need to adjust your viewing distance. Backup about 400' and any image will look good.

Turn the lights out and it will look good too!!

I had a work friend who fell victim to a site like this...she brought it in to me and asked what happened. It looked ridiculous!

Well, if you get one of those fancy adapters to attach a DSLR lens to your iPhone...

Exsqueeze me? Baking powder? A 40x60 from a smartphone image?

I guess I feel the same when I hear of folks producing 40"x60" prints from present day DSLRs.

I dunno, Anil, if i use a 3 image stitch it's about 50 MP, or about half the resolution of a 40X60 at 200 ppi (96 MP) Id wager a good sum of money no one would be able to tell the difference from large format. Any takers?

Stan, your point regarding multi-frame stitched images is well taken. However, I was referring to 40"x60" prints made fom single frame DSLR images, which many photographers seem to offer.

I offer 40x60 canvas prints of some of my sharpest images made from a DSLR; however, I would never consider offering 40x60 prints on paper from the same image file. The reason is canvas is much more forgiving than paper. Though, with that said, I don't think it's forgiving enough for a smartphone image.

Id wager a good sum of money no one would be able to tell the difference from large format. Any takers?

Here is some interesting reading.
Big Camera Comparison
Camera Test - Editor's Commentary

I delivered a 24x36-inch image of a fall scene last week that was taken with my 12.8-mp 5D, and you could count every aspen leaf. I surmised while looking at it that my current, 21.1-mp 5D2 could likely achieve the same results at 40x60.

But really, we're talking two different things here, a 40x60 from an iPhone and a 40x60 from a current DSLR. To equate those two is a form of misguided film elitism that has no place in polite society.

I recently watched a segment on CNBC where the 'tech expert' was telling me how I didn't need to have anything but a smartphone camera since they are every bit as good as a full DSLR. My back is very glad to hear that LOL

RichieV

I just printed a 30x45 from a single shot on my 5DII and all of the individual pebbles on the beach are tack sharp. If you showed this image to someone, I highly doubt they could tell whether it was shot from an 8x10 or from digital (yes, if you had a side-by-side comparison and a magnifying glass I'm certain the 8x10 would be superior but that's getting silly). I wouldn't hesitate to go 48x72 with this.

As forgiving as canvas can be, I wouldn't be overly surprised if you could get a good quality 40x60 from a current iPhone, though saying you can choose any size "no matter how small your photo is" is certainly misleading.

I have a 5D Mk. II and a 30x45" canvas print looks pretty dang good. Delivered a print the other week and the buyer asked if I had used a medium or large format camera. Either way, still much better than a smartphone. My Droid2 has 8 MP of suck, so I can't imagine how terrible a large canvas print would look.