Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --On Wednesday, April 09, 2003 10:12:06 PM +1000 Rob Heyman <rheyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > The image size I print most is 24" and then I make the canvas size 20x28 > or 30". My most popular package consists of 2-20x28 and 1 20x16" (these > are canvas sizes) The one I want to sell more of is: 2-40x30 and > 1-20x30. These sizes require a 33" and a 24" image respectively. > > With the 400asa films I can easily get the 23" but it has been touch and > go with a 30" scan off 400Superior. NPH is better and has smoother skin > tones, so I have moved way from Superior for most jobs. I think the NPC > and NPS will enable me to gain those extra few inches, but with the > attendant loss of film speed. Rob, I think you'll find that NPS actually has larger grain than NPH. I'm not sure why this is, other than the fact that NPH is probably a newer film. Once I figured this out, I stopped using NPS altogether and now use NPH 90% of the time. The other 10% is NPZ, although I've been trying some Press 800 and it is also very good. Rolfe - -- Rolfe Tessem Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. rolfe@ldp.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html