In my opinion wet mounting gives the biggest difference with smaller film, as that's likely to be enlarged more. Grain rendition is finer with wet-mounting. Do you make prints big enough to see grain from your LF negs?
In my opinion wet mounting gives the biggest difference with smaller film, as that's likely to be enlarged more. Grain rendition is finer with wet-mounting. Do you make prints big enough to see grain from your LF negs?
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
For most things I like to print at 6.5 x 8.5 to 11 x 14 whether it's from a 4 x 5 or a 5 x 7 or a whole plate negative. Occasional 16 x 20 for an exhibition but not many. Sometimes small is better - heck if it feels right I'll print an 8 x 10 neg at whole plate size. Dust is not a huge problem for me.
I went to a mixed exhibit of Lyonel Feninger's painting and photography once and there were a lot of surprisingly effective 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 prints om large mattes - maybe 13 x 19 (I'm guessing)
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