Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:07:29 +0100 From: Frantisek Vlcek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
JCO wrote: > I bought my first 8x10 camera just this year and > the contact prints are really nice. I would love > to play around with 11x14 or 16x20 but the cost > of the cameras and lenses are prohibitive for > an unemployed amateur like me let alone the > the extreme weight of the equipment in the field. > BUT, I surely can see why some people go that > way, big, grain free, razor sharp contact prints like > that must be a real joy to behold.....
<half-irony> Well, I thought it was what was on the photograph that matters, not the graininess or grainlessness of the print :-) </half-irony>
Of course, lack of grain and detail do add something to a photograph, but are not damn everything!
fra
Of course it is.
That's why we buy and seek (a) the sharpest lenses, (b) the lowest-grained film,
(c) larger film formats, and (d) image stabilization/vibration reduction.
Otherwise we'd all be shooting 110.
CRB
