Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Although the only way you're going to see grain when printing a Kodachrome 25 transparency is with a good grain magnifier.. Once you make even an 16x20" print a magnifying glass helps to see it. On the other hand from blow ups from Kodachrome 400 no problem looks like Tri x in D76 1:1. Not magnification necessary. On 10/28/15 1:11 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > I agree, discounting the appeal of film which has its own characteristics. I > would never compare Kodachrome to digital and expect to get similar results. > Kodachrome doesn't enlarge the same at all. With digital the grain does not > interfere with the image, with Kodachrome, the grain defines the > image. Tina On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Doug Herr > <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Larry Zeitlin wrote: > > >>> > For > people that want to produce 11? x 14? to 16? x 20? prints or publish > their > work in most consumer magazines, not display gigantic Colorama sized > prints > from minuscule portions of the frame area, does the number of pixels > really > matter? Inquiring minds want to know. > Larry Z > <<< > > Yes and no. > For prints up to 18" x 24" (I haven't printed larger) the > DMR's 10MP has > been adequate to make gallery owners swoon, and there's no > way I'd try > printing a Kodachrome image that size and expect similar > quality. > > OTOH > one of the stock agencies I'm working with has minimum pixel > requirements > and the DMR's 10MP doesn't leave a lot of headroom for > cropping. The a7II's > 24MP gives me a lot more cropping flexibility. YMMV. > > Doug Herr > Birdman > of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina > Manley http:// <http://t.sidekickopen23.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2 > B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manle > y.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=f1f357f0-df6b-4252-c4ef-6fb9e7c > 7adeb> www.tinamanley.com http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ ____________ > ___________________________________ Leica Users Group. See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/