Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 6/29/01 12:27 PM, LRZeitlin@aol.com at LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote: > I worked as a press photographer for the Boston Globe in the late 40s using a > 4x5 Speed Graphic and I can assure you that we NEVER worried about grain. > What we worried about was getting the right shot in one exposure. Printed > with a 65 line/inch screen, film grain the size of basketballs would hardly > show. sorry my mistake shouldn't have put 'press' in there I have a graflex book from the era which discusses grain of 'fast' films in detail. The reproductions clearly show grainy pix. - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com ICQ: 109343205