RE: 4 x 12 foot Prints

[Chris Dahl <cmd@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I feel like both Digital and Optical methods are usable.

We are a Professional Photo Lab and have produced murals as large as 40x60 
feet. In some cases we made multiple negatives from camera originals to 
make the "panels" that were spliced together. For the past year we have 
used a device called a Durst Lambda 130. It is a Digital Laser Photo 
Printer that images to photographic paper. It will image 50 inches wide by 
the length of the roll (100 feet). You can not tell the difference as long 
as the scans are high quality with good Dynamic Range.

I have stitched together images in some of the software packages (such as 
Photo Vista) and imaged them on the Lambda to a size of 8 feet with no 
problems.

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference"

Chris Dahl

Meteor Photo & Imaging
404-870-6145 (voice/Fax)
chris_dahl@xxxxxxxxxx
www.meteor.com



-----Original Message-----
From:	Bob_Maxey@xxxxxxxxxxxx [SMTP:Bob_Maxey@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:	Tuesday, November 24, 1998 2:27 PM
To:	panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	4 x 12 foot Prints

>>If you don't own a large format camera, or a 617 camera, then you chances
are
>>lessened tomake big pritns. I once saw a print from a Linhof 617 that was
>>really large, like 4x12 feet, and everything was still quite sharp up
close.
>>using your scissors or PC won't work here.

Actually, there was an Eastman Colorama made from a 35mm slide, by Ernst
Haass(sp) that measured 18 feet high by 60 feet in length. The camera was
Leica and the quality was amazing. Try that using digital methods in the
average darkroom.

RM