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Hey folks,
my name is Richard. I am from Slovakia, currently based in Singapore. I work as visual effect artist creating visual effects for movies. I am photographing since 2008. I started with Fuji S3 Pro. That camera used Nikon lenses so after the body died I started to use Nikons for number of years.  As of 2 weeks ago I am fully Fuji again. I do not own DSLR any more and I have one more Nikkor lens to sell.
I mostly photograph travel, landscape, documentary work. I am trying to get more into flash and studio photography just to broaden my skills but traveling is where my photographic heart is. I do not make money with photographs and if you are interested to see some go to richardsimko.com
That;s about it Looking forward to great conversations and new friendships.

I am going to test this setup. Power traveler Extreme + Watson chargers. I don't expect wonders but let's see. 

Did a bunch of testing a number of years ago. 360 vs 720 ppi—no visible difference, nor is there any visible difference down to 240ppi.

At 180 vs 360 ppi you could see a slight difference at reading distance, which vanished at arm's length. Below 180 ppi, the difference becomes more easily visible, but only if there is a substantial difference in resolution. There is simply no point when it falls apart. Even a print at 90 ppi looks sharp and detailed as long as there is not a high-res print next to it. At 90 ppi, you could print 54" × 36" from an X-camera exposure. 
 
The main factor in very large prints is your eye. At a distance where you can see all of the print, they eye is VERY forgiving. For decades Kodak had 18' × 60' photo-murals high above the concourse of New York City's Grand Central Station. Some were even shot with 35mm cameras. Close up, the dye-clouds were tennis-ball size, but from the floor, the picture was sharp and clear. In my own case, with my first bridge camera, I shot an excellent portrait of a Macaw and a friend wanted a print. This was a 3MP Coolpix 990 with a resolution of just 2048 ×1536. He had it printed at 24" × 36". No one would mistake it for an 8×10 contact print, but even close up, it was quite detailed—remarkable since it was down to only about 57 ppi. One could easily see the fibrous nature of the feathers when eyeballing the print.

However, don't just take my word for it. Test for yourself. You do not need to make huge prints to test. In my comparison tests, I printed 5×7s side by side on a letter-sized piece of paper for easy comparison. 

I have been on Fuji event in Singapore couple of weeks back and they had quite big prints there which I examined quite closely. They looked excellent even if I was standing very close to them while quite big (some at least 1, in width). Unfortunately there was none around who could tell me something more about the prints.
Thanks for input though.

Fuji X is great for landscape. Don't let all the megapixels guys fool you. I get very acceptable 20x30 prints from my XT-1 - such as this... with 18-55mm @ ISO 200.

X-E1 + 10-24/4 10mm f9 240sec. iso200
 

Buongiorno Umbria

Snowdonia ,North Wales 2014, X100s this is one of magical moments i went true last visit , small but very powerful mountains in North Wales, i went for black and white grainy look .
 
x100s c1  

I took had my cameras in dust, monsoon rains of Asia, freezing snowy environment above 6000m, in Himalayas. Weather sealing is definitely welcome for me. At least for peace of mind.

Hey folks,
my name is Richard. I am from Slovakia, currently based in Singapore. I work as visual effect artist creating visual effects for movies. I am photographing since 2008. I started with Fuji S3 Pro. That camera used Nikon lenses so after the body died I started to use Nikons for number of years.  As of 2 weeks ago I am fully Fuji again. I do not own DSLR any more and I have one more Nikkor lens to sell.
I mostly photograph travel, landscape, documentary work. I am trying to get more into flash and studio photography just to broaden my skills but traveling is where my photographic heart is. I do not make money with photographs and if you are interested to see some go to richardsimko.com
That;s about it Looking forward to great conversations and new friendships.