Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 4/23/05 6:18 PM, "Michael J Herring" <creativevisions@verizon.net> typed: > You are absolutely right. I frequently do this with my 4x5 negatives and > my > 120 film based prints. For some reason the prints seem much more dramatic. > Perhaps you hit the nail on the head..............you are drawn into the > image. First time I ever made an 11x14 from a 4x5 negative I thought I has having some kind of brain aneurism. It was kind of flickering and pulsating in the tray like a florescent bulb with a semi burnt out transformer. My timer caught in fire once there was this glow in the room and I had to look up and find out from where. Kind of like that. This was in the red safelight. When the white lights came on I forgot what happened, but I'm sure I was impressed. Kind of 3D really; when wet. You can't beat an neg that's only been stretched twice but is 11x14 inchs. (with a little bigger than one inch borders, which is normal) Compared against a neg which has been stretched 8 or 9 times at the same Size. the word "stretched" applies to the latter but not at all to the former. "adjusted" might be what you'd call a 2x magnification. There is not "thinning" at all. Which is good. I guess I've learned to live with a little "thinning". A lot of thinning as well. Some can't. Let them shoot sheet film. Let them eat Pyro. Just give me a good black and a tight grain pattern and I'm good to go. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/