Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole enlarging
--- Uptown Gallery mur...@uptowngallery.org wrote: Hello: If one did MF (4x5 or 5x7) or LF (8x10) sheet film pinhole (and had an enlarger large enough), what are the prospects for enlarging? I was very unhappy with 4x6 prints from 35mm pinhole. Everything depends upon what you are trying to accomplish. I wanted to contact print mine, so I shot 8X10 (these can be seen at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hmpi/Projects/BearSkins/BearSkins.htm) and used the Van Dyke process to print tem out. I primarily use 4X5 (this and larger is considered large format - 120 film is considered medium format) for its flexibility and have enlarged it to 16X20, though I feel that some images would not work well with this size enlargement. It really depends upon what you are looking to do, so you'll need to make the judgement for your own images. I do not believe that there is a universal answer for this. Cheers - george = Handmade Photographic Images - http://GLSmyth.com DRiP Investing - http://DRiPInvesting.org __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole enlarging
- Original Message - From: erick...@hickorytech.net The issue is the degree of enlargement. Enlarging 35mm to 4x6 increases the image area 16 times. Increasing a 4x5 to 16x20 increases the area only 4 times. 4x5 to 16x20 is also a 16X increase in area. You are right, the issue is the degree of enlargement and I'd add, the resolution you start with. Guillermo
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole enlarging
Murray, I all depends on your own taste and sensibility. I have made mural size prints from 35mm pinhole negatives and been very happy with them. I routinely make 11x14 prints from my 35mm negs and the 6x6 negs from my Zero 2000 pinhole camera. When I had access to a 4x5 enlarger I made 11x14 enlargements from negatives made with my Santa Barbara pinhole camera, and again, they looked great to me. chris = If one did MF (4x5 or 5x7) or LF (8x10) sheet film pinhole (and had an enlarger large enough), what are the prospects for enlarging? I was very unhappy with 4x6 prints from 35mm pinhole. Thanks Murray _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole enlarging
The issue is the degree of enlargement. Enlarging 35mm to 4x6 increases the image area 16 times. Increasing a 4x5 to 16x20 increases the area only 4 times. You still get best results by contact printing, which is also true with lens images. - Original Message - From: Uptown Gallery mur...@uptowngallery.org To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 10:45 AM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole enlarging Hello: If one did MF (4x5 or 5x7) or LF (8x10) sheet film pinhole (and had an enlarger large enough), what are the prospects for enlarging? I was very unhappy with 4x6 prints from 35mm pinhole. Thanks Murray ___ Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML Pinhole-Discussion mailing list Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??? unsubscribe or change your account at http://www.???/discussion/
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole enlarging
- Original Message - From: Uptown Gallery mur...@uptowngallery.org If one did MF (4x5 or 5x7) or LF (8x10) sheet film pinhole (and had an enlarger large enough), what are the prospects for enlarging? Murray, 4x5 5x7 were also LF last time a checked. I was very unhappy with 4x6 prints from 35mm pinhole. Could we see some of those results? Prospects of enlarging 4x5 and up, are excellent Prospects of enlarging 35mm format to up to 8x10 are fair to good (at least), but you have to shoot for the intended print size and properties. I wish I can show you some new results of enlarged 35mm negatives, but I haven't done pinhole or any other type of photography in ages :-( , last image I did was for a workshop I gave back in Nov/2001, the negative was a 35mm format size PAPER NEGATIVE taped inside this ugly camera: http://members.rogers.com/penate/cameras/14f.jpg (a disposable modified camera) and then enlarged/cropped to 6x6, here is the result: http://members.rogers.com/penate/doll6x6.jpg (the negative is shown at a greater magnification, than the 6x6 print itself). I'd call that a fair minus result, but bear in mind the original was a 35mm paper negative. This other example made back in 1996, is from a 35mm film negative using the same ugly camera above and enlarging it to about 8x10: http://members.rogers.com/penate/fire.html , I'd call that a fair plus to good result, obviously I am not talking about artistic merits but whether the image falls apart or not after enlarging it. The pinhole size, btw, was optimum for the focal length of that camera. Guillermo
[pinhole-discussion] Pinhole enlarging
Hello: If one did MF (4x5 or 5x7) or LF (8x10) sheet film pinhole (and had an enlarger large enough), what are the prospects for enlarging? I was very unhappy with 4x6 prints from 35mm pinhole. Thanks Murray
