[Leica] Re: Let's Just Say That Leica Survives and....

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Scott McLoughlin offeered:
> Even with a 4000 DPI scan on a Nikon Coolscan mutli-sampled
> with Vuescan to reduce noise (and so on and on),  I find 8x10
> is OK or sometimes even pushing it depending on the image. I
> know there are folks who print much larger (digitally), so maybe
> I've got something to learn.
> I read the "Edge of Darkness" book, where Barry Thornton says
> that he only thinks a Hassie neg should be printed 10x10 inches
> and perhaps that spooked me as far as bigger enlargements are
> concerned :-)<,,,

Scott mon ami stop thinking about it and just do it, make some bigger prints 
and be surprised at the excellence of a 13X19 print and see for yourself. 
It's all well and good to read the theory pushers, but practical users know 
better as we produce digital 13X19 prints every day and I defy anyone to 
tell me they're no good!

By the same token when we shoot we fill the frame with little or no waste 
space, actually no different than shooting film, so there's little cropping 
required.

Try it, you might be surprised. ;-)

ted