----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: 35mm SUCKS! Try 4X5
> I can see a difference in my 8.5X11"s between > 35mm, 67 & 4X5. The main differences are in > sharpness, microcontrast, and grain. > You dont need to go to huge prints to see the differences > although it does make the differences more apparent > when you go 11X14, 13 X19, or larger. You may want to have a read of what Mr. Johnson has to say on the subject. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/LF-Con.htm I suspect that what you are seeing has more to do with scanning rather than anything inherent in the format sizes. I have 11x14 prints from both 6x7 and 4x5 on my walls. Both show similar granularity (none) and tonality. I make first generation real photographs though, on real photographic paper. This is not the same thing as producing a second generation electronic facsimile of a negative, and then making a third generation print from it. William Robb
