iKwak said:
How can you take full advantage of a 5 mega pixel camera?
And what is the largest size photo you can print without losing any quality?
you get an epson 2200 printer and you can produce up to 12x18" printwork.
i shoot with a Minolta Dimage 7Hi, its 5Mpix (2650 x 1920) and 12 bit and every bit as much of a true SLR that you can get and spend under $1k AND it weighs in at just over a Lb fully loaded, under 2Lb with the ring flash! so i can easily carry it (and a small bag for batteries, memory, lenze filters, cleaning cloth...ect) around an all day event and shoot 2-300 images with 0 fatigue.
i use MonacoSystems easy color to produce profiles for my equipment and using ilford & epson paper (& epson's ink) i create museum quality product.
you can go with the EPSON 84C printer or maybe one of the newer models utilising there new pigmented ink formulas that the 2200 7 color takes but there's no comparison to the output of the 2200 and the cost to print 4x6" is comparable to outsourcing them to a lab.
www.inkjetart.com <nice forum and info there too>
ill work on more info for newbies to the digital production field that ill put up on my domain and as a side note althou i do use adobe photoshop for manipulation of images i use midnightblue.com 's SuperJPG to print from as it does a better job of centering and adjusting the image/printer output, worth every penny of the under $20 bucks for it!