Digital BW, The Print

David has an interesting point:  Although one can make larger prints smaller prints have an intimacy that often complements a particular image .  It's great to have options that include size, ink tones, mats, etc.

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> On Jul 9, 2015, at 05:07, David Whistance david.whistance@btopenworld.com [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I suspect Dr Purlitz was actually referring to the days of Steiglitz, Weston, etc when larger size film was the norm and the only prints were contact prints, ie the same size as the film and made by putting the film and paper in contact together under a light source. At that time 10"x8" prints were regularly displayed on the wall as indeed they still are. The contact prints you are talking about are a rather different animal, albeit made in the same way. For my own work I really like 10"x12" prints even though I can print much larger.
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>> On 9 Jul 2015, at 12:29, hrblaine@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Not speaking for Paul but as an interested 3rd party who owned both a 1400 and a 3800, I will say that you are talking about two different things.  And yes, back in the day when I was shooting a 35mm Nikon, my developer always gave me an 8 x 10 contact print of all the negatives.  But I never displayed them on a wall, did you?  Harry
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>> In a message dated 7/9/2015 12:42:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, AL writes:
>> Although it's not terribly important I suggest we might have a small disagreement about normal print sizes. For a considerable period of time contact prints from 8 x 10 negatives were standard.
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