Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick wrote: > > At 10:37 AM 6/2/00 -0700, Tom Schofield wrote: > >Perceived sharpness associated with very large (billboard or movie screen > >sized) enlargements has more to do with viewing distance. That's how Kodak > >amazes people in Grand Central Station with their print from Ektar and a > >Kodak Point & Shoot. Viewers are 50' away. > > > >Tom Schofield > > Viewing distance is the great equalizer. > > Unfortunately, people walk right up to my 48x60's and inspect it. Sometimes > with a Swiss Army Knife magnifier! Therefore they have to be "dead sharp". > > Jim And this is where we get into qualitative comparisons of grain. The grain is there, you are looking at it. Clumpy? Mushrooms? How even? I walk right up to every image I see to see how the image is put together. I'm guilty of that. The forest is fine but I want to see the trees, the leaves for that matter. That has real interest for me! Mark Rabiner