Focal plane vs. leaf shutters in MF SLRs

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 02:20:45 GMT, Fil Ament
wrote:

In article ,
"David J. Littleboy" wrote:

I've seen a lot of 35mm at 20x24 to 20x30; 35mm types seem to like it. It
looks gross even from across the room.

Yeah well I would say the same, I don't know exactly how he does it
but I have seen the pictures, theyr'e good. I've also seen plenty of other photographers
work done this size from small negatives that look good. You need to look up
from that microscope on occasion.


Fil, you haven't been around long enough to know about Dave.
The very model of a modern grain sniffer, and I mean that with
all due respect to Dave. It's his thing.

Whatever. I've recently had the experience of selling 20x30"
and 24x36" prints of a number of my photos. Of these, nine
were from 35 mm, four from MF, and one from the 10D.

Needless to say it was a challenge with the 35 mm stuff.
I used Neatimage to process the grain. Nice tool!

Now get this. In one room with three 20x30" prints, two are
from MF and the third is from the 10D. Guess which one
my wife prefers?

FWIW, the prints were made on a Durst Epsilon; shot
mostly on Reala or Portra, and scanned on an LS-8000.


rafe b.
http://www.terrapinphoto.com