what size is a 100% print?

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Sorry for this stupid question, and yes, I am being very dense.:)
I have a D7000, and occasionally "pixel peep" when examining details and checking for noise etc.
So what size would a print need to be in order to be a 100% representation of what you see on screen when zoomed in to 100%?
Again sorry to be dense, but if some-one could explain how you work it out, I would be grateful.
PS image size on a D7000 is 4928 x 3264
 
That's exactly the way I worked it out, but there are threads on here saying if you view in PS @100% you are effectively looking at a print the size of a wall (or along those lines anyway), which is why you shouldn't pixel peep.
I get confused with DPI and PPI etc.
 
Don't know about the view screen on a camera, but there was a time when most monitors resolution was 72 ppi, so your 4928x3264 image would display as 68.4"x45.3" at 100% if you had a monitor big enough to display an image that size.
 
GHP said:
That's exactly the way I worked it out, but there are threads on here saying if you view in PS @100% you are effectively looking at a print the size of a wall (or along those lines anyway), which is why you shouldn't pixel peep.
I get confused with DPI and PPI etc.
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There's no difference between dots per inch and pixels per inch, same thing.

The difference between a print and a screen is one is 72DPI and one is 300DPI therefore the image in screen is approx 4 time larger than it would be printed.
 
Thanks Rob, that explains it perfectly to my confused mind!
 
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