Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom Finnegan wrote: >>> What you need to do is forget all these pitifully small print sizes and go > large. To go large you'll then want as big a piece of film as is practical. > I'd suggest 8x10 as you can still get enlargements. The larger film sizes > tend to be limited to contact prints. Who wants a wimpy little 20x24 print > of the Grand Canyon when you can have 48x60?!<<<<< Hi Tom, Heck that's an awful lot of work for a 4' X 5' print! ;-) I mean if the photographer is using Leica glass and fine grain colour slide, in this case preferably kodachrome, it's a piece of cake to make 48" X 60" prints. I'm not going to get into a discussion of the merits of an 8" X 10" negative / slide over 35mm, that's a given , there's no contest. However, I've seen many 48" X 60" prints and larger made from 35mm Kodachromes that make you gasp at the excellent quality of the print. And with the technologies of today's electronic scanning and printing, it's mind boggling the quality printed from those "tiny 35mm slides!" ;-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant