As an assumption, let's say one can get good quality prints up to 50"x40" made from drum-scanned 5x4 negatives.
To make MUCH bigger prints, I was considering experimenting with the option of taking (say) 2 or more photos of a scene. Then, I'd get all of those 5x4 negatives drum-scanned, and stitched together in Photoshop or equivalent software. Clearly. this route is not cheap due to the obvious fact that it entails multiple drum scans and requires getting an operator with the correct knowledge to stitch the images together, but presumably it would allow one to produce quite HUGE photos of good image quality (ie, low grain and good resolution) if done correctly?
I'm starting at the "front-end" of the process here (ie, how to "photograph" a scene with A LARGE FORMAT CAMERA, with the idea in mind of stitching at a later stage).
If (say) you wanted to create a very long panoramic photo of 100" x 40" (so, two 5x4 negatives stitched together at their short ends), I presume you take the first shot .... but then what? Do you pick up the camera and walk to one side of the scene so that you shoot the 2nd negative "straight on" again; or do you just pan the camera around to photograph whatever is to the left or right of that first scene (but that presumably distorts the angle compared to the first image, no?)
Many thanks for any thoughts if you have experience of doing this (or know of good resources that I can study to learn about the part of the process that involves the photographing itself). If this can be tied in to think about doing with with a large format camera, mainly involving front rise for my type of work, that would be much appreciated.
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