Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joseph Codispoti wrote: > > From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> > > In response to: > >>Some photographers may be able to hand hold at >>shutter speeds lower than > other people. > Wrote: > > > The magnifications the print is likely to be blown up to.\ > <Snip> > > While agree that print magnification is a factor that reveals degrees of > negative sharpness, it shoud not be a rule of shutter speed choice. > The negative should be sharp - period. > > I have a slide of a boat passing by a gorgeous sun setting on the horizon. > It was taken with a 400mm hand held at a low shutter speed. > I would love to have an enlagement of that scene but the sharpness is not > what I consider acceptable. > > Joseph Codispoti > San Luis Obispo, CA > www.clearsightusa.com After going through two 10 sheet boxes of 30x40 paper at the color lab at one point i got a whole better and different idea of what i was getting in general and not getting when i used certain cameras with certain films on tripods of not. I do believe to counteract my last post that we should shoot for a bigger size then we are using all the time. I printed 11x14 or 8x10 for my clients. But when ever i had a gallery show they all got printed 16x20 or 20x24 and that was a while rediscovery of the image. Some you though were "sharp" were not as sharp as you thought. An ever so slightly soft 8x10 makes for a completely impressionistic 16x20. And that could work for it or agin you never know. I was used to not printing anything unless it looked completely sharp and i definitely hit my focus. Then i saw shots in magazines and went to a few shows and the intent had nothing to do with sharpness and all about NOT sharpness and i thought: Well maybe i should go back and look over some of those contact sheets and proof print some of those feelingfull magic shots which got glossed over for the sterile perfect shots. And pick slow shutter speeds on purpose. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html