[pure-silver] Re: "Large format techniques"
- From: Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 08:48:07 -0400
BOB KISS wrote:
> *To be a stickler,*
>
> *1) **You will note in my extremely simplified analysis of the info &
> comm theory of images I did clearly state that we were enlarging both
> images to 16X20.*
>
> *2) **It is called large format because the film is…larger. In this
> case larger IS better because it needs less enlargement to produce
> images of any given size.*
>
> *3) **Unless you want to compare oranges and apples, one must compare
> final prints of _the same size_. *
>
> *4) **Using your example, the 8X10 neg printed onto an 8X10 print
> would still have much more subtle tonality than the 35 mm printed as an
> 8X10. *
>
Did you ever make a 1:1 enlargement from an 8x10 negative? I cannot
imagine anyone would do this as a routine method of printing, but just
to see if the more subtle tonality disappeared when doing this.
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