Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> Subject: [Leica] Re: stinkin MF At 10:45 AM 7/11/99 -0700, you wrote: > >If the viewing distance is on the close side maybe your should lean >toward your "stinkin" 40 when shooting the originals! >Mark Rabiner >Isn't the viewing distance the length of the lens times the magnifaction >of the print? > <I guess I could use barbed wire around each print to "force" the proper viewing distance... :-) The "viewing" public is not educated in such intellectual things. No 40 yet. Couple of weeks to go. I don't want to "lean" too far. Might fall off the edge.> So if they are not educated, why not just use Photoshop - they'll never know. Because if you have to explain why they look so good you'll get 'ohh that's why' response. Well the general public - are they so much more educated on film size? In any case, they will still be settled when you tell them it's a larger neg, chrome, but if you tell them it's a 35mm like the one's they use, they will truly be impressed especially when you tell them ohh..it was just a snapshot. Yes, I refer to my M pics as a snapshot - no tripods, no long ordeal just a snap and then you get it back and it's more than a snap.