Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Against 'conventional wisdom' about the benefits of large format w.r.t image sharpness is the article http://www.photodo.com/templates/display.lasso?show=489 which, to sumarize, states that with tmax 100 film, 35mm,MF, and LF have similar sharpness. I believe the issue is that top 35mm lenses are sharper than equivalent large format lenses. On the other hand if Tri-X is used, LF wins. Jonathan Borden Bill Carson wrote: > > > Hi Bob: Don't kid yourself about large forma!. I've used 4 X 5 and 5 X 7 > and my photographs from 35mm and just as good, sharp, detailed, > contrasy and > functional as photographs as the pix from the larger negatives and I have > more exposures to chose from and a lot more mobility in exposing the > negatives. Duast, scratches, fingerprints, etc., etc. are worse with LF! > That's my opinion. Bill Carson > > > > In a message dated 10/24/1999 10:53:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > > michaeljohnston@ameritech.net writes: > > > > << so it IS possible.) >> > > Of course it is possible, but large format does it much more easily. I, > > personally, enjoy the challenge of pushing the limits of the format. > > Bob Figlio >