Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Mark, I am a professional artist. My fine prints have been exhibited widely > and I earn my living selling my photographs. I do not make 17x22 prints > from > any 35mm camera's negs, that's what I have a Hasselblad for. Hell, my old > Mamiya 645 blows away my Leica in an 8x10. There's just so much you can get > from a tiny piece of film. Nost lenses for 35mm cameras are sharper than > the > films most commonly used with them (eg. Tri-X) > > If you looked at my negatives through a loupe, you couldn't tell what > camera > made which. I've never had an art collector tell me that my prints from my > Olympus cameras are not sharp enough. Frankly the only people who give a > damn are people who fondle cameras. Professionals are too busy working and > earning a living and making images that please their clients to care. > Nice work Chris from what I can tell on the internet. Every time I've printed a 16x20 show its been from negs ranging from 35mm to 4x5 it never occurred to me or anyone I've ever met to limit my prints becaue of format. I've made prints 40x60 inch from 35mm negs and put them next to medium format negs. Didn't really look as good but were certainly viable. [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner