Digital BW, The Print

<djon43@...> wrote:
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> Edward Weston's prints, seemingly always contacts, were superior ...

There's nothing quite like an 8x10 contact. In fact, with the old 
photos I'm digitally restoring, many seem to be 5x7 contacts.  While 
the "noise" level from the paper positive texture is high, the amount 
of detail that can be extracted from these old images is wonderful.

>...few photographers have ever done letter-size,
> much less 16X20 contacts :-)

Before inkjets "made the grade" I was using 16 x 20 imagesetter 
internegatives and contact printing them.  The sharpness could be 
amazing, but what a hassle it was -- and expensive also.  No way I'd go 
back to that workflow.

For now, I think inkjets rule when it comes to large display prints.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com