Hi Aaron ... You make a good point, and the answer is yes ... but. I'm not a T-Max shooter, but I have played around quite a bit with Delta 3200, and have used it with numerous lenses. There are some lenses that clearly provide better observable results than others, especially when making large sized prints.
One of the things I often do when I get a new lens is to to test it. There is a subject near my house that's got a lot of detail in it, and which offers a good test for bokeh as well. I use a good, solid tripod, and, if using a Pentax camera, focus through a refconverter with 2x magnification. I then have a print made at the local pro lab which has very high quality, well adjusted gear, and glass negative carriers. Even with the grainy Delta 3200 (which I always expose and process the same way) I can see differences which are more than likely attributable to equipment. Admittedly, most of this testing is done with fine-grained film, but over the last few months I've used faster film - including the Delta 3200 - as well. I started using faster film because of an article that mentioned how good the quality of Delta 3200 was, so I thought I'd add a few frames into the mix just to see how much detail I could pull out of it, and how it compared to some slower emulsions that I use. Also, I met a fellow who worked with WES, and was surprised at the quality of his prints made using TX, so I wanted to work on improving my results with that film, too. I don't use my enlargers for this test because it is difficult to print larger than 11x14 at this point. Now, I don't do this with every lens, but I've done it with many, and, in fact, am doing something similar right now, testing a few lenses sent to me by a list member for examination and approval. Aaron Reynolds wrote: > > On Monday, February 11, 2002, at 09:45 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Further, you have not answered my questions: Have you seen the > > exhibit? Have you made large prints from these films? Have you > > compared the results you've gotten or seen with those in the Salgado > > exhibit? If you can't answer yes to all these questions, then you have > > no point of comparison and you're only spouting theory. > > Shel, just to play devil's advocate -- have you made prints from T-Max > 3200 shot with a consumer zoom at f8 and then blown up to that size > using an exceptionally well-adjusted enlarger with a great lens on it? > Because if you haven't, you're just spouting theory, too. > > The tone of these messages is coming across on my screen as rather > belligerent. Please, let's all keep our cools, here. > > -Aaron > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
