What is the biggest size print from a good 35mm photo?
Otherwise there is no limit for 35mm. The limit is the enlarging and paper not the quality of 35mm. So to say what size is the largest you must consider that the print will be view at normal reading distance. Otherwise there is no largest size.I was merely pointing out that apparent quality is dependent upon viewing distance, and gave multiple examples of that. That a person chooses to NOT adhere to that viewing distance proportionality is the reason why folks complain about 'too grainy' enlargements and max sizes you can print from 135 format.
The proverbial greasy nose prints on museum photo displays is indicative of that.
even delta / t-grain film, and modern try x ( with is more t grained than try x ) ?I don't think I want to print a 35mm larger than 11x14. I don't like the grain.
Exactly. The largest practical size of print form a 35mm negative is approximately the size of planet Earth, but you have to view the print from Neptune.Otherwise there is no limit for 35mm. The limit is the enlarging and paper not the quality of 35mm. So to say what size is the largest you must consider that the print will be view at normal reading distance. Otherwise there is no largest size.
You forgot about youranus!Exactly. The largest practical size of print form a 35mm negative is approximately the size of planet Earth, but you have to view the print from Neptune.
Have a pic of that handy? I’m curious what it looks like!You forgot about youranus!
On my living room wall is a 12" x 60" canvas made from a photo taken with a camera that has a miniscule 7.6mm x 5.7mm sensor... 200X enlargement.
I' also enlarged an agfacolor 200 to 40x60 and it too came out razor sharp. The grain was there but didn't interfere with the image. The shot was taken with an Alpa Macro Switar in close-up and could have been enlarged more if my set-up had been able. This was 30 years ago. With the quality of modern films now, the sky is almost the limit
Depends on what you want, grain/no grain, viewing distance etc.Hello All,
Can anyone tell me what is the biggest print I can reasonably take from a good 35mm photo ? I have a few I would like to frame from my Cosmic 35m .
Thanks all
I've personally seen them in billboard size.I just made 5- 6 ft wide silver Gelatin prints from XPan negatives for a new Gallery opening in Toronto... As long as the original intent is held and one is sharp at the printing stage it can work.
this would be a 27 x magnification in the above case.
A very low res version of what was used to print 12" x 60" canvas. Plitvice Lakes National Park, UNESCO World Heritage site, Czechia.
If you can, view at about 80% of the distance that the photo appears wide on your monitor.
Actually I was more interested in seeing a pic of the canvas if that’s convenient. I’m curious what a 200 X enlargement looks like printed on canvas. I am assuming there is a riot of grain, and texture from the canvas too. It sounds cool.
And wiltw made a canvas print twice that size, with a negative 1/4 the size of a 35mm negative?! I can't get my head around that. I'm assuming a print that large with so little information on the negative would look almost abstract, but I don't know.I had a 50x75cm (20x30inch) canvas print made from a Reala 35mm neg (back in the mid 1990s, before inkjet, it was a RA4 print bonded onto a canvas backing). The texture of the canvas appeared to hide rather than amplify the "grain". I had it framed and on display in the studio. A lot of fellow photographers would not believe it was from a 35mm neg.
That's amazing. I would have enjoyed seeing it.I saw an absolutely spectacular poster size (30" x 40"?) enlargement from a Kodak disc negative, when disc cameras were current.
Of course, it was made in the research labs in Rochester, to be put on display at a surprise retirement celebration for a Kodak Canada employee retiring at 65 after 49.5 years of service!
It will not show you anything not seen in that tiny image. Maybe what you really want is pehaps a small section (8x10) of the canvas, as if you are sticking your nose close to the canvas rather than viewing the entire print?!Actually I was more interested in seeing a pic of the canvas if that’s convenient. I’m curious what a 200 X enlargement looks like printed on canvas. I am assuming there is a riot of grain, and texture from the canvas too. It sounds cool.
| Distance | Print Size |
| 18" | 5x7 |
| 3' / 1m | 11x14 |
| 6' / 2m | 20x24 |
| 12' / 4m | 40x48 |
| 24' / 8m | 80x96 |
OK here is about 9" tall section of the canvas, for the entire image in post 85.It will not show you anything not seen in that tiny image. Maybe what you really want is pehaps a small section (8x10) of the canvas, as if you are sticking your nose close to the canvas rather than viewing the entire print?!
It will not show you anything not seen in that tiny image. Maybe what you really want is pehaps a small section (8x10) of the canvas, as if you are sticking your nose close to the canvas rather than viewing the entire print?!
The canvas looks nice, and with far more detail than I was expecting! And, it's incredible what modern tech and talent can accomplish now. That's at least a 300% enlargement from the RAW file and it still looks great. Thanks for sharing the canvas.OK here is about 9" tall section of the canvas, ....
The original canvas wrap was printed from 4000 x 3000 RAW file, cropped and resized to15000 x 5400 pixel JPG, to produce a print of 250dpi quality (really 250ppi!)
Is 16×12" a good maximum size print for 35mm (Ektar 100/Portra 160), enlarged in a darkroom (RA-4 paper) ?
I'd like to build a camera + lenses kit from 35mm, but I have considered MF an option.
But seeing that this size might be the largest I'd print, I don't think that MF could be worth the extra bulk (6×4.5 or 6×6 format).
What do you think ?
I think that sums it up!hi Ryan
only way to tell if that is a good "maximum size print" is to print something bigger and live with it on your wall for a while, and you decide what you like.
none of our opinions really matter.
John
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