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26 Apr 2004 - 10:55 PM

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tim franklin

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27 Apr 2004 - 6:20 AM

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How big can you go with a Velvia 50 (35mm) without loosing quality?

How long is a piece of string? In theory the larger the print, the further away it should be looked at. However, some people seem to insist on close inspection, almost as if their primary interest is the technical quality of the print rather than the photograph.

A theoretical maximum enlargement from standard 35mm might be 12x16" before quality begins to visibly suffer, but nothing in photography is absolute and much will depend on your technique when shooting. A shot made from a good tripod will be able to stand greater enlargement than a handheld one for example. I have read in a Hasselblad News before though of an XPan shot being blown up to poster size with exquisite quality.

FrankThomas

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27 Apr 2004 - 10:01 AM

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bear in mind that you are using one of the finest grained films going which will certainly help with the perceived sharpness of the prints. One of my colleagues had an XPAN print over 5 feet long. Close up (nose to the paper) it didn't look to good but from a decent distance it was bloody amazing.

as always though YMMV

Frank

thf

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28 Apr 2004 - 7:57 AM

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I think it depends on the slide. If the contrast range is reasonably low, you could have a Cibachrome made by someone like BPD Photech. If the contrast is higher, you might do better with a Frontier print by someone like Peak Imaging. Those are just my observations from my limited experience.

collinf

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29 Apr 2004 - 1:50 PM

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thf: That's complicated for a beginner!!!!

Personally, I would go to a lab that can do prints from E6 (NOT Jessops!!) and ask them to run a small print.

Don't be too worried if the print looks flat and lifeless, this can happen.

If you like it, get a larger one done (to the size you want). If not, try somewhere else. I regularly use a company called Goodwins in Portsmouth to get prints from 35mm Velvia and they do a cracking job on Fuji Digital Minilabs.

I pay 2.99 to get a 12"x8" print from Goodwins.

I have had one done by Jessops and it was (tbh) awful.

hth

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