Julian, Take a look at http://www.p at ???????/discussion/upload/images/pinlady.jpg (a photo by Claudia Smith). This is an example of just how sharp a pinhole image can be. (I think this was from a 6x6 negative.) If your negatives are not this sharp there is room for improfement.
Mike Vande Bunt clothier wrote: > I am however dissapointed with the massive degree of "softness" the my 6x9 > format negs have when printed. I've tried to use the optimum hole size > formula and have gone to a fair bit of trouble to make "clean" holes etc. > So, it occurs to me that maybr the softness is always going to be that much > and that is why many of you will be using large format paper negs and > contact printing because the softness degree is then spread over a whole > picture rather than of a small neg. Can someone out there who knows their > stuff confirm this for me or point me in a better direction.
