It depends on what you mean by 'good detail' I once enlarged a 35mm negative, a portrait on Kodak Plus-X, to 40" x 48" on four 20" x 24" sheets; held together on the wall of the darkroom with double-sided tape. I mounted the four parts of the print separately and hung them close together. The result was fine when viewed from across the room. This was in 1960 - when I was interested in such things. I couldn't go bigger than that because the largest dishes I had were 20" x 24". I sold the prints to the model's mother.
Don Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Waterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 11:07 AM Subject: Blow ups > This one time, at band camp, > Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The same photographer, given a bigger > > negative, will continue to create great images, but now they will > > carry more detail, tonality, able to be blown up larger or cropped > > more, etc. > > How big can we blow up images in 35mm MF and LF and still maintain good > detail? > > I would be keen to hear particularly the MF and LF max sizes. > > Kind regards > Kevin > > -- > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > Kevin Waterson > Byron Bay, Australia >
