Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 1, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Steve Barbour asks: >> >> "how large are the prints that people are now making ? people like us, >> who are not decorating the side of buses...? >> 20x30 " ? bigger ? or 8x10" or maybe not at all ? maybe mostly >> internet 800 pixel jpegs ? >> one gets an impression that as people talk bigger, less prints of any >> size are now being made... >> of course some few are making huge prints, how many ?....less than a >> majority...?" >> >> In absolute numbers? I'll bet more rather than fewer, because things >> like 24" and 44" inkjet printers (and rentals of such) are now readily >> available and produce great results. As large as my epson 9900 is, >> it's very small compared to the darkroom and enlarger that could create >> a 43x95 print. And I make such prints with composites of 35mm FF >> digital images, something I could never manage in the darkroom, though >> some could. >> >> So in absolute terms, it's easier to make large and very large prints. >> >> In *relative* terms snap-load-email-to-some-web-page is easier than ANY >> scheme with film, and so I'm sure the point that smallish .jpegs and >> smallish prints dominate on % of volume is totally true. And of >> course, current cameras already saturate these image sizes.... >> > > > The Epson 3800 and now 3800 has been ubiquitous in for years the standard > of > the industry and for most workers used to dark rooming their serious stuff > 16x20 for a shot or portfolio this covers it as it goes to 17x22 which is a > size hard to fit under your arm in a portfolio as you walk down the street. > At least with the handle at the top. > > I was able to print 20x24 in the darkroom but made a ton more 16x20's. > Now a ton more people is a ton a lot of people.... ? you can use Jim Shulman's images as a standard, Steve > can print bigger than 11x14 then before. > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information