Re: slide vs neg

[P3D Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxx>]

John Ohrt wrote:

> You were doing great until the last sentence.  :-)

Jee thanks, I am so relieved... 8-)

> One of the best ways of displaying an enlarged negative is as a backlit
> transparency.  So if contrast, resolution, and accuatance are your
> concern, the best way to achieve a film positive is to enlarge/contact
> print a film negative to a negative medium.

Perhaps if I restate the point in different terms...

Certainly it is true that when displaying a film negative, a film
positive will be less compressed (and higher res) than a paper
positive... But how is this more advantageous than shooting a film
positive (chrome) as the original?


Eric G.


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