Digital BW, The Print

Many people are doing really good work in the 645 format.  The smaller formats leave no room for error in exposure, development, etc.  While film/developer combinations play a role in the final product, good technique and attention to detail are absolutely critical to excellent, consistent results in smaller formats.
 
Tom Baker

randyrancier <randyrancier@...> wrote:
No kidding about the responses.  All I want to be able to do is get 
really nice, up to 16x20 prints, color and B&W; most of my work will 
be 11x14 or smaller.  I'm not expecting contact print quality, but I 
do have a critical eye for sharpness and grain.  I don't think 
sharpness will be a problem with either the 6x4.5 or 6x7 neg size, 
but at what point will grain become perceptable with the new 
negative materials and the tools available with Photoshop?  I'm sure 
it depends to some degree on the film used and possibly choice of 
scanner.

Thanks again,

Randy


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, J Vee 
<j.vee@g...> wrote:
> Just one end of the spectrum of responses I expect you will get.  
I have
> kind of gone down the road you are exploring.  Found digital 
cameras great
> for certain things but not for fine arts photography (?yet).  
Settled on the
> 3/4 gig file from (my) drum scanner from 4X5 and 1 3/4 gig file 
from 11 X
> 14.  Just no substitute for the look and �feel� of the work from 
this
> source, no matter what I do in Photoshop.  This is true even with 
a print as
> small as 11 X 14, of course even more so with a 48 X 65 mural 
print.
> 
> On 2/12/04 1:26 PM, "randyrancier" <randyrancier@y...> wrote:
> 
> > I used to be primarily a large format photographer 4x5 & 5x7, as
> > well as doing a fair amount of 35mm B&W. I worked in silver and
> > palladium print making. I am fairly new to digital photography 
and
> > up to this point have only worked with digital images from my 3
> > megapixel camera; I've really enjoyed it, and it has gotten me 
back
> > into photography.  The digital darkroom is much more convienient
> > than a wet darkroom, hallelujah!
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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