Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick David Wright" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: PESO: Leave the Light On
Real black and white (i.e. - not the c41 b&w) has the potential to be
sharper than color because of the way it's made.
As to enlargements, I know lots of folks claim that 8x10 is the
largest you can go with 35mm but that's just not true. I've personally
made poster-sized prints from 35mm, and I know some billboards back in
the day were shot with 35mm. It depends on the film used, and the
image itself.
When I was shooting 35mm slide and needed a 'large' quality print, I had an
interneg shot and the print made from that.
I think one problem with small format enlargements is
that folks blow it up huge then look at it inches from their face.
"This looks horrible," they'll say, no kidding.
Now, I don't know if I'd trust the scanner I bought to enlarge 35
bigger than 8x10.
As to pro vs consumer films, I have not noticed an appreciable
difference for my use. My recent color work has been shot on the
Fujicolor 200, a four pack at WalMart costs $7. For black and white I
slightly prefer Ilford's XP2, but the local Walgreens carry three
packs of Kodak BW400CN for $12 which I might start using since I won't
have to pay shipping. When I can develop my own again, I'll probably
go right back to Ilford's HP5+.
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote:
That's a relief. Thanks for the info.
By the way ... is b/w 35mm more forgiving than color when printing
enlargements, or are you still pretty much limited to around 8 x 10
before
the grain starts to get obtrusive? And how much difference can I expect
out
of professional grade over standard consumer grade films?
-- Walt
On 12/4/2010 8:52 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: Walter Gilbert
Great. Looks like I'm staring down the barrel of another expense to
go along with my newly acquired pursuit of film photography: good
printer, ink, and paper.
Seems there ought to be a way to embed processing instructions in the
EXIF data to tell the machines not to engage in such foolishness.
Maybe not. It's only scanning the negatives that gives the automatic
processor fits.
If you're scanning your negatives at home, once you have a digital image
you like, the mini-labs print them pretty much as you submit it.
They don't automatically correct "mistakes" like the machine does for
negatives.
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