Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember an article that talked about the Billboard in Grand Central Station in NYC. The billboard was inside, in the train station. 75 feet wide, it was pretty spectacular. They picked images to show there from amateurs and pros alike. Every week/month, there was a new image there. The particular one I remember was one of bunch of birds taking off from a lake (?). Everyone up and fly away.... Caught by an amateur and his Nikon/Canon/Contax/Leica/Pentax/Minolta/Miranda camera. A 35mm Negative blown up to an enormous amount. The article went on to state that the negative was sharp enough to pull off the stunt... remember, the wall was 75 feet wide, and the closest you could get to it was like 30-40 feet ( straight up). That's a 600:1 linear magnification... or .... roughly a half million to one area magnification. Don't need to have remarkable file sizes to pull it off..... just a good sharp negative, some great printers, and enough distance from the viewer..... Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net Yes, the PhaseOne files are huge. Worthy of billboard sized prints... Thanks again, Bob