Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Selecting print size
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 08:07:45 -0500

> 
> I was talking with a friend today about what size to make a print. I had
printed
> the PAW 3 image as a 5 x 7 since I knew I was going to make a final print and
I
> was going to be doing a lot of trial and error.
>
> But it looks about right at that size. I think tomorrow I'll do an 8 x 10 but
> I'm wondering about fitting size of print to the image. Some images just seem
to
> want to be small and some large - but I never feel comfortable with what I've
> selected.
>
> I was thinking that pictures with lots of fiddly bits would do better small
and
> ones with open space would do better large where they could, I don't know,
> "breathe" for want of a better term.
>
> Thoughts on this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
> --
Adam,

On my PAW for last year everything was scanned from 8x10 b&w prints on a
flatbed then posted as 700 pixels wide.

sl
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