I vote for this format, and I can e-mail you a 200dpi 1280*960 shot of my
truck if you decide to do this.
-- -Jon jonsdak@midmaine.com http://jonsdakota.tripod.com 1996 Dodge Dakota Sport 4X4, 3.9L V6, 42RE, 3.92:1 8.25 axle, "BackRack" Headache Rack, Dodge Motorsports decals, steering wheel cover, and front license plate, diamond-plate bedrail covers, Lund VentVisors, Lund BugShield, Jensen MP-3310 CD/MP3 Receiver, Pioneer TS-G1347's in front, TS-A5713's in rear<jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote in message news:asb9kh$se9$1@bent.twistedbits.net... > > andy levy <andylevy@yahoo.com> wrote: > > : jon@dakota-truck.net wrote: > :> Notice how January, July and October have 4 cars in those months. > :> This was done to allow more folks to get into the calendar. > :> > :> Is there any interest in doing something like this for the DML > :> calendar? If you have an opinion either for or against this, please > :> post it here. And, if you are for the idea, how many months do you > :> think this should be done for? 3? 6? all 12? (This will depend > :> on how many pictures are submitted also.) > > : If multiple pictures are includedd like this, will it open the doors to > : more digital cameras? My G1 can't manage the resolution you specified a > : few minutes ago but I can give you 2048x1536. > > > That's a good point. Yes, doing that, I would be able to accept > photos as small as 550x425, but they still would have to be at 200dpi. > The only problem with that is by submitting a photo close to that size > is the person would be restricting them to a 1/4 page shot. (What I did > for the MML calendar was the top 9 pics (as determined by the voting) got > "full page spreads", and the number 10 through 21 pics got the quarter > size shots). So, assuming for a moment that we did 6 months of full > page and 6 months of quarter page, and that the #6 picture was > submitted in 1/4 size, it would essentially get bumped down to > #7, with #7 going up to #6 and getting a full page. (Unless of > course #7 was a 1/4 size pic, in which case I would have to just > keep going down until I got to a full size pic, which would move up > to #6. > > (Actually, your 2048x1536 would probably be good enough to rate a > full size pic, considering that its not *too* far off, its not an > exact science in that regard.) :-) > > > -- > > -Jon- > > .---- Jon Steiger ------ jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com ------. > | I'm the: AOPA, DoD, EAA, NMA, NRA, SPA, USUA. Rec & UL Pilot - SEL | > | 70 Cuda, 90 Dak 'vert, 92 Ram 4x4, 96 Dak, 96 Intruder 1400, 96 FireFly | > `------------------------------------------ http://www.jonsteiger.com ----'
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