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Subject: [Leica] Curious about enlargements made by LUG forum members
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Sun Jul 10 15:02:49 2005
References: <42CFB499.2040408@adrenaline.com>

I am currently working on my European shots: 30 odd rolls, and most are 
10 x 8. I sometimes make 8 x 5's two to each sheet, but I'm not in that 
production line "mood". I will then make a "selection" of 16 x 12's, 
and then I will "scan" the negs and put them up on the computer for 
final review/web page creation, and annoying the LUG ;-)

Barry Thornton, in the book I read while working in the darkroom talks 
about getting "perfection" in terms of all factors: contrast, 
resolution, grain etc and states that although with a good neg you can 
get slightly bigger images, "about" the maximum you can expect from 
most negs on 35mm film is a 10 x 8 print.

Cheers
On 09/07/2005, at 9:27 PM, Scott McLoughlin wrote:

> What typical enlargements do folks *typically* make from their 135
> format negatives exposed with their Leica gear.
>
> I hear alot about Walmart and Costco processing, but I imagine that
> many folks make much larger prints as well.  Some comments make
> me think that for some folks the image lives on a slide on a light 
> table.
>
> I guess I'm also curious about lab wet printing vs. home/darkroom
> self wet printing vs. scan + digital printing.
>
> Does the type of pic influence the enlargement size?  Landscape vs.
> potraiture vs. street shooting and so on?  What about hand held vs.
> tripod mounted camera shots?  Film choice?
>
> Thanks in advance for any shared experiences.
>
> I'm trying to  "dial in" my own expectations, particularly 
> self-scanned/
> digi-printed B&W prints vs. lab/wet printed prints (I don't have my own
> darkroom).
>
> Scott
>
>
>
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Alastair


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