----- Original Message ----- From: "Lon Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 6:35 AM Subject: Question-LargeFormatEnlargements
> So, Rob, William, JCO, et al - > How much of an enlargement do you feel you can get with > landscapes from 35mm before you're disappointed? 5x7? > 8x10? Surely not 11x14, or so I would think. > > I've only ever shot 35mm, so I'd like to know your > personal experience. > Depends. Colour negative, generally 8x10, not much more before grain becomes too apparent for my taste. Colour slide (Kodachrome), I can generally get to 11x14. This is wet prints, not scanning the material. Black and white, if I work really hard, and use a film like Pan F+, I can get a happy 5x7 with some cropping available, but not an 8x10. I generally don't use 35mm black and white for landscapes for this reason. Until I started shooting with larger film, I was quite happy with 35mm for landscapes. Educating oneself can be an expensive process. I bought 2 more camera systems. William Robb
