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Re: [OM] Why bigger images are better 4

Subject: Re: [OM] Why bigger images are better 4
From: Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 17:29:06 -0500
On Monday, January 21, 2002 at 12:57, Joe Gwinn <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] Why bigger images are better 4" saying:

> >From: Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
...
> > > This is why photos for magazine ads are done on 4x5 minimum, with lots
> > > of 8x10 being used.  The minimum is medium-format, used for ads in
> > > newspapers (with less resoultion than slick magazines).  News photos are
> > > usually 35mm, however.
> >...
> >And National Geographic? Their photographers mainly use 35mm.
> >35mm can be grainless up to 16x20 or so.
> 
> Grainless, yes.  They shoot Kodachrome, I suspect.  But the present
> discussion is not about grain per se, it's about how one achieves the
> illusion of depth in a photograph.  Their photos are wonderful, but they
> still look like photos, not the real thing.  Not up to advertising
> standards.

Do you mean for products, fashion, lifestyle or ...

I'd like to see some background info to support your thesis. I know 
advertisers are picky, but that picky?

I've also heard that more digital is being used because it is so much 
faster even if the quality is limited.

Tom
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