At 6:18 PM +0000 4/25/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Medium format or large format film would be a better choice than 6 MP digital. 35mm won't buy you much. Perhaps a little if you shoot Velvia or another fine grain film that resolves well. I haven't printed larger than 13 x19 from 6 MP digital (which is quite excellent), but Tan and some others report good results at 20 x 30. Interpolation method would probably be important. And viewing distance enters into it. From six feet away, a 20x30 from digital probably looks fine. From a foot away, I'm sure it's quite loose.
I haven't considered this in a while, but I'm looking at doing some very large work (to me)... at least 30" - 40" in the largest dimension. I suspect film will be a better choice for capture medium than a 6 MP camera.
Tom C.
>From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: Tom C <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Film is dead... >Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:45:04 -0700 > >That would just make film very sluggish, rather than dead <grin>. > >-- >Best regards, >Bruce > > >Monday, April 25, 2005, 10:37:14 AM, you wrote: > >TC> It's not dead. I just bought 32 rolls of 220 and they're alive in my >TC> refrigerator. :) > >TC> Tom C. > > > > >>From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Reply-To: [email protected] > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Subject: RE: Film is dead... > >>Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:27:08 +0200 > >> > >>I don't hope film is dead or dying. > >>I just bought (Joe Wilensky's) MZ-S - I want to shoot slides again! :-) > >> > >>Jens Bladt > >>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > >> > >> > >>-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > >>Fra: Steve Desjardins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sendt: 25. april 2005 19:12 > >>Til: [email protected] > >>Emne: Re: Film is dead... > >> > >> > >>We teach several courses at my college based on traditional film > >>photography. They are inevitably overfilled with long wait-lists. The > >>funny part is that the camera of choice is (still) the K-1000. (I have > >>let student borrow lenses and even gave my old Tak 135 2.5 to I student > >>I knew.) I think we are seeing digital becoming the main stream method > >>of choice and film becoming an artistic alternative. Since many > >>amateurs treat photography as an art from, film should continue to do > >>well. > >> > >> > >>Steven Desjardins > >>Department of Chemistry > >>Washington and Lee University > >>Lexington, VA 24450 > >>(540) 458-8873 > >>FAX: (540) 458-8878 > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > >
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