Digital BW, The Print

because I don't have to enlarge as much with a 4x5 neg scan so minor 
changes in sharpness aren't as noticable, in fact they will usually 
be washed out in the final downsample.  From a 4x5 negative I usually 
downsample by at least half the scanned resolution anyway to print as 
well so the sharpness loss is less than the loss due to downsampling 
(if I don't do it the printer will since it can only handle 360ppi).

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, David Jackson 
<lagniap@t...> wrote:
> At 04:55 PM 1/9/04 +0000, Mark wrote:
> 
> ><snip>with 4x5" I don't worry about getting my film at the sweet 
spot
> >either, but for 35mm it would be manditory and even with MF I think
> >it makes some real difference in the results.  <snip>
> 
> 
> Mark, I don't get this. Why is it less important with 4x5 negs?
> 
> Many Thanks, David