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Re: [Digital BW] Re: 4x5 Neg Scan Resolution

2002-09-20 by Anthony Atkielski

Julian writes:

> you've been bitten!

Increasing resolution is probably a slippery slope for any photographer.
Once you've seen good 35mm, digital doesn't look that good.  Once you've
seen MF, 35mm doesn't look that sharp anymore.  Once you've tried LF, MF
looks fuzzy.

I think it is just very satisfying to take a picture, look at the print, and
be able to get closer and closer and closer and see more and more and more
detail.  It's kind of a disappointment when you squint at a large print to
see some small, interesting detail and discover that it is just a blur.

At least that is what drove me from digital back to film, and from 35mm to
MF.  I'm afraid to try LF, because I would not be able to afford the desire
that it might create!

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