Collin Brendemuehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The discussion of image size usually revolves around resolution. >There's another advantage to larger formats that's more >important (to me, anyway) and which is often unrecognized. >Tonal quality. >Larger negs give more even distribution of tonal scale >and prevents or at least minimizes the excessive contrast that often >accompanies 35mm images. >With this characteristic in mind, I personally find 645 to be >perfectly adequate for conveying a suitable amount of information >to express this character of an image. >(I do realize that it's a result of resolution [detail, information]. >But still it's a distinct characteristic.)
I think you have something here, Collin. I just made a print from a 645 transparancy using my Minolta Scan Multi and Epson 1270. Because the Minolta only scans medium format at 1125 dpi, I had to scale it up with Genuine Fractals to print 8 x 10 size, but it still looks better to me than most of my 35mm stuff printed at that size. I think the better tonal range may have something to do with it. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
