You make a good point there. About 950f what I shoot
remains 4x6. It is the remaining 5% that I have spent
some money for quality 8x10 and larger that I shoot
OM's for. If money was no object and/or I had the time
and space to get a real darkroom I would blow up a
great deal more of my images maybe 50%. As it is I
only spend the money on those extra special photos
that dazzle me even at 4x6 size. I agree too that
superwides are crap at 4x6 but at 20x24... well you
really have to see it.
Mark Lloyd
--- AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Are 4x6 prints the real standard for comparision?
> Have we
> reduced ourselved to this point?
>
> The average "consumer" is fat, dumb and happy with
> cheezeball
> prints from "disposables", 320x160 pixel digitals,
> Poloroid
> prints and <hack, hack> Kodak "Disk Cameras". We're
> better than
> that, folks! We're a special breed--we shoot OMs.
>
> If all you are interested in is 4x6 prints, you are
> not worthy
> of the OM system. Period. You're a show-off, a
> techno-weenie
> or a wannabe. Get a digital camera (anything will
> do) or
> wonderwidget camera. Why? Because at 4x6 or
> smaller, you will
> never see a reason to shoot film faster than ISO
> 800. You will
> never need a super-wide-angle lens as the detail is
> so small
> you'd never make out what you photographed anyway.
>
> The quality of the pictures from nearly any camera
> will be
> acceptable to all but the pickiest of us at 4x6.
> Who cares
> about MC vs SC lenses or which serial number of
> 50/1.8 is
> sharpest. It's all meaningless! It's like getting
> all carried
> away over multi-spot exposure control with the
> OM-4Ti when you
> are just shooting Kodak MAX anyway.
>
> We OM users need to be a special breed. Stop
> limiting our
> "output" to the least common demoninator. Get out
> of the rut
> and buy photo albums that take 5x7 and 8x10 sheet
> inserts. Buy
> enlargements and hang them on your walls. Get into
> visualizing
> the final outcome other than a small machine print
> from
> Wal-Mart. Shoot B&W!
>
> There's nothing like a nice 11x14 to grace the walls
> to make you
> appreciate WHY we shoot with the OM system.
> Frankly, I don't
> like 8x10 prints--they're too small.
>
> If you limit your "world", anything will do. If
> you're happy
> with what you are currently getting, you are not
> expecting
> enough from yourself or your photography.
>
> Ask yourself this question: Are you "Zuiko-worthy?"
>
> AG-Schnozz
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