Originally Posted by
Chris Werner
Well I finally got a shot that I thought I might want to get enlarged. I couldn 't totally decide by looking at the slide (4x5) on the light box under a loupe, so I decided to pay up to get an 11x14 print to better evaluate. I went with an internegative as it was 1/2 the price of a cibachrome. Frankly, I don't even a dequately understand the difference between an internegative and a cibachrome, w hich may be the root of my issue here.
I got the enlargement back today, and was frankly quite bummed out because *noth ing*, that is *nothing*, is in focus. It isn't this way under the loupe, at lea st not as far as I can tell. The slide looks sharp from near to far (it's a sho t of a meadow in the Blue Ridge Mountains on Velvia, 4s @ f45, on a Rodenstock S ironar-S 135mm lens and like I said the slide looks sharp).
Now I'm no great shakes at this but I can't understand how *nothing* could be in focus. So, is it the internegative (i.e. are prints from internegatives inhere ntly softer?), did the printer miss it, or are my evaluative skills in serious n eed of development? I would appreciate any clues you can give me. Thanks in ad vance.
Chris
P.S. - While we're at it, the slide just visually "pops out" so much more than t he print. I've historically shot mostly B&W so this is new to me - is this typi cal of slides and prints from slides? Thanks again.
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