Re: The big picture: Photography iwith a larger than a postagestamp negative.

[Mike Johnston]

 Brother William wrote:
 
 A 4x5 transperency is like looking through a window.
 
 kind of a small window, eh? don't you really mean a
 transparancy w/ that 8x10 Wisner?


That's what I think, Bill. 4x5 is too small for large format unless you're
enlarging. I think 5x7 is the smallest contact-printing size that makes
sense.

My friend Carl thinks 8x10 is on the small side--he platinum-prints 10x17
negs, among other things:

http://home.earthlink.net/~cweese/

--Mike









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Re: The big picture: Photography iwith a larger than a postagestamp negative.

[William Robb]

- Original Message -
From: Mike Johnston
Subject: Re: The big picture: Photography iwith a larger than a
postagestamp negative.



 That's what I think, Bill. 4x5 is too small for large format
unless you're
 enlarging. I think 5x7 is the smallest contact-printing size
that makes
 sense.

 My friend Carl thinks 8x10 is on the small side--he
platinum-prints 10x17
 negs, among other things:

I think I feel some enabling coming on...
Mike, you are going to get me divorced if you keep this up.

William Robb