Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/20

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Subject: [Leica] 17x22 prints? HA!
From: vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 07:53:31 -0400
References: <CAF8hL-EwoY2qNnVyq0z5M-JED=zr-o=iFbr9NMUTpvK_+MZzeA@mail.gmail.com> <CAF8hL-HmVruPtDhz7UVZ5e5-_6mjLZfT2Vsfk9wNfx=LnXvMdg@mail.gmail.com>

yep, big prints are always impressive.

I see some "big prints" in galleries that I know I would have not even 
bothered to wash, if they were small.

Vick


On 20/05/2014 5:36 AM, Richard Man wrote:
> I suppose people like Bob Adler who routinely makes 4x6' of their work from
> the MFD are snickering...
>
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Richard Man <richard at 
> richardmanphoto.com>wrote:
>
>> I am making some 17x22 prints for an artshow from my Cosplay
>> Transformation project.
>>
>> Prior to this, I have to have a really good 35mm slide to print well at
>> that size. The M9 hits that more easily.
>>
>> The 4x5 negs do it with ease. Does not even cause any strain. This is
>> where pixel peeping fails. At 100% in LR, they don't look very sharp or
>> anything. Print them at 17x22, and the prints are startling.
>>
>> --
>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto
>>
>>
>



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