[LargeFormat] Batches*

[tripspud]

Hi Philip,

      I guess I was inexact about the term saturation, which is not so
much dependent on film format.

     As far as output today, I'd like to see a high quality print, say
on Ilfachrome A-B'ed against a large inkjet color print.  I mean
large prints.  Perhaps the inkjet print is not quite there yet, certainly
a somewhat different look.  Ilfachromes win on the archival issue
and display life.

rich

philip lambert wrote:

> Why does more film area mean more colour saturation?   The stronger the
> sunlight the more the colour saturation I can understand. Maybe the thicker
> the emulsion the more the saturation (but modern films are thinner?)
> >       For max detail in still life, architecture, landscape,
> > illustration, even portraiture, more film area means more
> > color saturation and detailed information/sharpness.  Cropping
> > is more free in darkroom with more area to work with as well.
> >
> >      As films have improved over the years the need for
> > really big negatives has decreased dramaticly.  Personally, I believe, if
> you are going to put a camera
> > on a tripod, bigger format is better.
> >
>
> Bigger may be better but you just said the need for really big negatives has
> decreased dramatically because of film improvements.    Digital is the way
> we shall all go - I read in today's Amateur Photographer that a certain Sony
> digital camera with a format the size of a postage stamp can give sharp A3
> enlargements. Handheld- no tripods needed.
>  I wonder if you and I would like such a print. It gets sharpened up
> digitally you know, unsharp mask, or photoshop something. No skill involved
> so ideal.
>
> But using a tripod makes for better results whether you are using 6x4.5cms
> or 6x 4.5 inches.  Or 10x8.
> I don't see how I could use a Sinar without a tripod- no way I could hand
> hold it. . I use a Nikon F3 or F90X in the hand but the results are best on
> a tripod.  Philip
> .
>
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