What constitutes a "large format" albumen print from the nineteenth century? What minimum size would the print have to be to be considered large format? Thanks for helping this greenhorn!
Question about large format albumen prints
What constitutes a "large format" albumen print from the nineteenth century? What minimum size would the print have to be to be considered large format? Thanks for helping this greenhorn!
I don't think they had the term "large format" back in the nineteeth century. I think that is relatively recent terminology to distinguish between 35mm (miniature) and the other "non LF" sizes.
As late as 1910, a German authority stated that film formats smaller than 13x18cm (5x7") were "too small for serious work".
While the "large format" designation was not in use at that time, I think we can safely conclude that 5x7" was not considered "large", and that "larger cameras" - meaning "larger than necessary for anything but getting larger negatives for making big prints" could have started at 24x30cm (9.5x12")
Thanks to both of you!
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