Matthias;
Iagree with this in principle, but ...
Matthias Wilke wrote:
>
> Hello Joel,
>
> You wrote:
>
> >I really think it is very difficult to achieve fine art quality B&W in the
> >35mm format, at least when your main favored subjects are landscapes. I
> >didn't have the dough to make the leap to MF, so I just stayed with slides.
>
> I think that the advantage of the medium format is greater in colour slides
> than in black and white. If you extend the 35mm format, the results in
> black and white can be great, for example if you use modern films with
> t-crystals or the kodak technical pan as picture film (there are special
> developers to achieve pictures from this document film). The technical pan
> is not available for medium format, I think.
Kodak Tech Pan is available in both 120 rolls and 4x5 sheets.
George
> Then for landscapes you should
> use a tripod and middle apertures for both 35mm and medium format. The
> results of the two formats can be very similar then, but have you ever seen
> a slide show in medium format? You may think you stay in the scene.
> Matthias
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