[pure-silver] Re: NPR Article Link
- From: Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxx>
- To: "pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:17:24 +0000
My question?
Depth of field. I have shot 16x20 and realised that the 5x4 10 x8 region is
sweet spot between increasing resolution through grain reduction and loosing it
to depth of field. Withou a lens for the big guy, I think the
Photographer may not have done the maths.
All the best
Laurence Cuffe
Sent from an iPad,
On 5 Mar 2012, at 08:06, C.Breukel@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Read the article some time ago, but I am very sceptic. He wants to shoot 1:1
> or even larger portraits on lith or Xray film (my guess, he doesn't tell) at
> around ISO 6. I do not believe there is sufficient DOF when using available
> light. He wants to build a gigantic camere, has no lens yet, want to have
> people inside the camera to mount the negative, and process it inside as well.
>
> The sitter is mounted in front of the camera. If he would succeed in that
> heroic effort, a contact print would surly look stunning, but how to enlarge
> such a negative: no optical enlarger is capable, en were to find feet wide
> silver gelatin paper? So that means going digital again. The cost must be
> huge..
>
> First see than believe!
>
> Best,
>
> Cor
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