Methods for image and print preparation

Parking garage images were taken with cameras on a tripod. Cameras were in aperture priority mode set for evaluative (pattern) metering at ISO 100 at f/8 in auto white balance mode. The dining building photos were taken with hand-held cameras at ISO200 (f/8 for the EOS-40D; f/5.6 for the GF1). Raw image files were converted to high resolution tif files with Light Room 2 using camera settings with no noise reduction. Image files were resized to 16 inch wide files, slight unsharp mask was applied, and images were printed on Super A3 paper with an Epson 1270 ink jet printer and compared. The print files were converted to jpg's and sampled for the web page. Minimal curves, brightness and contrast adjustments were done on the image files.