Re: pnhole fever rising

I shoot 4x5 transparency film with a Zero Image pinhole camera, and have
no problem at all printing most images at 16x20. I scan with an Epson
4870. I have found that some images don't work when they are taken up
to that size, but it's not because of the uprez of the scan, it's
because some things that look nice at smaller sizes doesn't look nice at
larger sizes. Mostly areas where there's a boundary between lightest
and darkest colors - in some cases it just doesn't look right. (In most
cases it does.)

I find no problem with softness. In fact the Zero Image produces images
with so much crisp detail that I often put in some softness in
post-processing.

Matti Koskinen wrote:
> hi all,
>
> It's been so silent, that after a blizzard and spending almost whole day
> in a garage trying to find my 4x5 filmholders and film. It was freezing
> cold in the garage, and now slowly melting with a big mug of hot coffee,
> I decided to waste bandwith.
>
> I found my 4x5 homemade wooden pinhole camera, but so far, haven't found
> the arista litho-film and filmholders. The polaroid-kit I found also,
> and a bunch of round tin-boxes. But I wonder why always when it's
> getting more and more dark in the northen hemisphere, I get interested
> in pinhole photography. I've been very active in photographing, had my
> first show in january-february in a local gallery, and sold even few
> prints. But all was digital. Then a week ago, I took my Holga, and
> photographed few rolls of tmax, developed the films, and got fascinated
> again of the "real" photography. Still, I print with Epson, and that
> leads to the question behind all this idle chatter.
> I have not found any 4x5 pinhole negatives either, so haven't been able
> to try printing 13x19" print out of them. So, is a pinhole 4x5 negative,
> when scanned with sufficient resolution, good for printing 13x19"
> prints? The pinhole negative, by nature, is already smooth, even when
> quite sharp, and enlargening to a big print may degrade the overall
> sharpness. I'd be happy to hear your experiences and any tips (PS, etc.).
>
> I have to wait for my wife to come home from work. She may have a clue,
> where my stuff is hidden, so I can start photographing white snow and
> colourfull trees. (in BW, of course)
>
> best regards
> -matti
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