Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 11/07/2005, at 10:35 PM, Scott McLoughlin wrote: > I've made some 11x14 (color) prints from my D70 (all tripod mounted, > studio lighting shots) that seemed to hold up pretty well. > > But 5x7 and 8x10 prints from scanned B&W negs are so far more pleasing > than my 11x14 and 11x17 enlargement attempts. Perhaps its just because > most of my Leica + B&W shooting is handheld. > > I really enjoyed Barry Thornton's book as well. Nicely written, > although I've > also heard from some detractors regarding his opinions on max print > size > (10x10" from a Hassie negative, for example). 10 x 10 was at the bottom of his recommendations: I think he was happy at about 12 to 15" square, but I'd need to check > > I've been eyeballing and researching MF gear for about a year now, and > haven't yet pulled the trigger on a buy decision. I love shooting my > Leica > kit, but me'thinks I'm getting closer to that MF system by the day. Now > what will it be: Mamiya RZ/RB67, Hassie 501C/M or Rolleiflex? Try a TLR, the M6 of medium format: beautifully built, razor sharp images, wonderful engineering, quite and versatile, almost perfect ;-) Cheers Alastair