What is 35mm capable of?

[chipgreenberg]

This is obviously subjective. I'M happy with 12x18's from Ektar 100 when i have good technique, and good (drum or flex tight ) scans.

 

[David Hughes]

HI,

Last night or the night before, I was looking for something and found an old heap of photo mag's from 1976. One of them had an article about the various B&W films then available and in it a pro said FP4 (not FP4+) was best for exhibitions prints up to 36" and microscopic detail...

Just passing it on.

Regards, David

 

[Pioneer]

HI,

Last night or the night before, I was looking for something and found an old heap of photo mag's from 1976. One of them had an article about the various B&W films then available and in it a pro said FP4 (not FP4+) was best for exhibitions prints up to 36" and microscopic detail...

Just passing it on.

Regards, David

As I said, this topic seems to come up from time to time. 😀

 

[David Hughes]

Can't agree more, but where would forums be without these hardy annuals? ;-)

Regards, David

 

[pete hogan]

And where would they be without 35mm Tri-X at which to fire away?

 

[Rikard]

And how large can you print a digital file before it becomes painfully obvious that it's not a real print 🙂

 

[Pioneer]

Depends on whether it is being compared on APUG or on RFF. 😀

 

[Nuff]

I like grain, big grain, but it has to be nice and it only works for some scenes.

When I want sharp I use MF, there are many MF cameras which can take photos with slow shutter speed. With my hasselblad I can shoot down to 1/60s if I need to. With rolleiflex or pretty much any TLR, you can get down to 1/15th since there's no mirror. I rarely if ever use tripod.