[pure-silver] Re: Fwd: Re: 35mm (started with Film in Dektol)
- From: "BOB KISS" <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:17:25 -0400
I think this might have been mentioned earlier in this thread but I
just wanted to reiterate one important difference between formats. The
number of tones possible in an image is related to the number of pixels per
unit area. It is very clear that, given the same size final image and print
of a subject (and all other variables being the same: film, dev., etc.) the
larger the negative, the more silver grains per unit area, the smoother the
tones will appear. Remember that an 8X10 sheet of film has exactly the same
area as a 36 exposure 35mm roll of film. If you have ever seen a good 16X20
print from a good 8X10 neg, you will know what the phrase "breath taking"
means. Because of the size, it is more impressive (though having the same
info content per unit area of print) than a good 8X10 from a good 4X5 neg.
And, no matter what you do in 35 mm, as long as the same film is available
in larger format, you will have the same difference...again in smoothness of
tones, not necessarily in other aspects. This is an extreme simplification
of the matter because silver grains appear in a "grain size distribution"
but the concept is basically the same and sound.
I have been shooting special local (Chattel) houses in 8X10 and
making contact platinum-palladium prints...really lovely. In a few cases I
have scanned the 8X10 negs with my 4990, worked on the in Frotoshop
(intentional), output enlarged digital negs with my Epson 3800, and made
pt-pd prints of them. Amazing! You lose so little enlarging 8X10 to 16X20
either in detail or smooth tonality.
All the above being said, I STILL love my Leica M-3s and Nikon F-2As
and very much enjoy the "incredible lightness of being" when shooting 35mm.
There are some things for which they are absolutely the right cameras. At
the same time, from nearly 30 years of pro experience, I have learned to use
my 'Blad 500C/M or ELM nearly as "lightly" as 35mm.
I guess each of us chooses our own "right tool for the job".
CHEERS!
BOB
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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elias Roustom
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:54 PM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Fwd: Re: 35mm (started with Film in Dektol)
Here's something I dug up in the search that this thread started me on:
http://old.photodo.com/art/35_m9.shtml
Elias
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