[LargeFormat] An 11x14 Ektachrome shot with rear half of a ProtarVII con...

[tripspud]

Hi Vincent,

      I'll not consider enlarging 8x10.  I feel that it is large
enough as a contact print, which I've used previously.
I believe the 5x7 will enlarge successfully onto 20x24
inch paper.  I suppose if I had an 8x10 enlarger....

     Besides, it's not so much the size of the final print
as it is seeing the big image on the groundglass.  That's
why, for me, 5x7 is much better than 4x5.

      On the other hand, there's more film choices in 8x10
and there's 8x10 Polaroid.  But I'd be only into black and
white images.  I'll see how it goes with the 5x7 and think
things over on the bigger size.

Cheers,

Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspud@transbay.net

Vincent Dobson wrote:

> Rich,
>
> If I may inject my 2 cents - I think 8x10 is your best size.  This is the
> size negative that you can enlarge and yet still it is large enough to
> contact.  a 24x30 (3x) enlargement is so clear it seems you could walk into
> it.
>
> Vince Dobson
> Visions In Nature
> www.VisionsInNature.com
>
> :>-----Original Message-----
> :>From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
> :>Behalf Of tripspud
> :>Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:53 AM
> :>To: largeformat@f32.net
> :>Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] An 11x14 Ektachrome shot with rear half of a
> :>ProtarVII con...
> :>
> :>
> :>Hi Jim,
> :>
> :>      When I returned to large format, I chose 5x7, first
> :>I got the enlarger than the camera.  Now I want bigger,
> :>but I can't settle on a size.  So I always look at the 11x14
> :>cameras on the eBay, which are few and far between
> :>compared to the numbers of 8x10 cameras.  You should
> :>tell us more about your 11x14.  What tripod do you use?
> :