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Re: Shooting Digitally

2002-01-18 by qdfb

David Hemmings, wasn't it?  One of my all time favourite movies.  
Casts the B&W photographer as a hero.  I like that in a movie :-)
--
Quentin

-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., grdglass@a... wrote:
> Reminds me of that old movie, "Blowup."  The photographer solves a 
murder by 
> repeatedly blowing up the tiniest section of a 35mm frame.  Each 
successive 
> blowup gets clearer and sharper and more detailed.  Wonderful 
movie, but 
> those of us in the know...
> 
> Helene
> 
> 
> > << For example, I recently shot an image in a Charleston Cemetary 
on 4x5 
> > T-Max 100. In the distance, oh perhaps 2 miles away is what looks 
like a 6 
> > story office building. I can zoom in on my scan and see a guy 
sitting at 
> > his 
> > desk on the top floor.  >>
> > 
> > Reminds me of those spy movies where they keep zooming in on a 
room from a 
> > tiny Minox film capture to read the fine print on a book of 
matches!
> 
> 
> 
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