----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: OT: Who needs mega pixels?
> While these super LF lenses really help with 4x5 > Or when using a MF film back on a 4x5, at 8x10 or > Larger you can use a coke bottle at F32 and get > Stunning results....You just don't even need good "specifiedd" lenses > To get absolutely incredible results.. A few years ago, I was approached by the local government archives to print some negatives that needed "special handling". What I picked up was a steel box containing 8x10 nitrate negatives from the late 1800s.. The quality I got from those old negs was nothing short of fabulous. I expect the lens used was state of the art for the day..... William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

