Re: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro

2002-12-15 Thread Dr E D F Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 1:07 AM Subject: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro That makes sense to me. Basically it is impossible to capture more detail than exists. So if the actual subject is smaller than your film size, it will not be able to capture any more

Re: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro

2002-12-15 Thread Dr E D F Williams
8x10 macro - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton Subject: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro That makes sense to me. Basically it is impossible to capture more detail than exists. So if the actual subject is smaller than your film size, it will not be able to capture any more

Re: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro

2002-12-15 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Dr E D F Williams Subject: Re: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro You have to qualify what you say below - a bit. One does not 'need' a larger format to get to 'real close-up photography'. It can be done more easily on 35 mm. I have achieved 10X and even 20X

Re: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro

2002-12-15 Thread Christian Skofteland
William; I'm trying to learn studio lighting for extreme magnifications. What kind of lighting did you use? Did you use a TTL meter or did you meter with a hand-held? If you used an external meter, how did you calculate exposure? Thanks in advance. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro

2002-12-15 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Christian Skofteland Subject: Re: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro William; I'm trying to learn studio lighting for extreme magnifications. What kind of lighting did you use? Did you use a TTL meter or did you meter with a hand-held? If you used an external

Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro

2002-12-14 Thread Bruce Dayton
That makes sense to me. Basically it is impossible to capture more detail than exists. So if the actual subject is smaller than your film size, it will not be able to capture any more. But that also means that the bigger the subject is, the more detail that can be captured by bigger film. So

Re: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro

2002-12-14 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton Subject: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro That makes sense to me. Basically it is impossible to capture more detail than exists. So if the actual subject is smaller than your film size, it will not be able to capture any more. Until we get past

Re: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro

2002-12-14 Thread Andre Langevin
That makes sense to me. Basically it is impossible to capture more detail than exists. So if the actual subject is smaller than your film size, it will not be able to capture any more. Until we get past macro, into real close up photography. One of my PUG subjects was an American dime, shot

Re: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro

2002-12-14 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Andre Langevin Subject: Re: Re[2]: 35mm vs 8x10 macro I'd like to understand something. We are in front of 2 settings: (1) a reversed lens on a bellows to photograph an 18mm dime at a 2X magnification on 35mm film (it fills the width of the film) (2