Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Tim, What colour negative film are you using for your large format work? I started shooting 4x5 again since coming back to Canada for a while and have been shooting a lot of Astia, which I quite like but have been wondering about negative films. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Ian Ian Stanley Monsoon Press - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Tim Atherton Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 9:10 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Printing costs > Ha ha, I see your problem. You shoot color negative. If you shot slides > you could blow the darn thing up to the size of the wall. Seriously, I > have stopped using color neg. materials. I shoot mostly b&w and slides. > Slides are perfect if you need an enlared negative which I often do. Of > course, not everyone is as wealty as I am. > On the contrary - I recently switched from transparency to negative film for 4x5 and 8x10 - in most circumstances it is far superior. And it enlarges equally well with a far great range. Scans from are quite luscious. tim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html