Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That was my experience when printing to 20/16 or 20/24 from medium format. john -----Original Message----- I've just never heard nor experienced transparencies being sharper than negs. Is there a place on the internet I can read more about that? > > In the 80s/90s for a given film speed (100asa or 400asa) C41 film was > less sharp when printed than E6 or B&W due to film thickness, has that > changed since then? > > john > ________________________________________ > > > Yes that's how it works as film speeds get faster the emulsions gets > thicker. A slower thinner film speed is going to be sharper. > But the 400 films of the 90's match closely the look in terms of grain > and sharpness the 100 speed films of the mid to late 70s when I first > started color printing. >