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Subject: [Leica] Sorry, more OT: Portra 800?
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:34:17 +1200
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That was my experience when printing to 20/16 or 20/24 from medium format.

john

-----Original Message-----

I've just never heard nor experienced transparencies being sharper than
negs. Is there a place on the internet I can read more about that?

> 
> In the 80s/90s for a given film speed (100asa or 400asa) C41 film was 
> less sharp when printed than E6 or B&W due to film thickness, has that 
> changed since then?
> 
> john
> ________________________________________
> 
> 
> Yes that's how it works as film speeds get faster the emulsions gets 
> thicker.  A slower thinner film speed is going to be sharper.
> But the 400 films of the 90's match closely the look in terms of grain 
> and sharpness the 100 speed films of the mid to late 70s when I first 
> started color printing.
> 




In reply to: Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] Sorry, more OT: Portra 800?)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Sorry, more OT: Portra 800?)