| ▲ | _aavaa_ a day ago | |
There’s multiple things going on. The larger the film stock, the easier it is to get a certain final resolution. Both because the film itself needs to be magnified less when creating the final print and because the lenses don’t need to create as small of an image. And BW film even today is still MUCH sharper, even if just perceptually, than color film. | ||
| ▲ | johnmaguire 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
> And BW film even today is still MUCH sharper, even if just perceptually, than color film. Maybe perceptually - due to stronger contrast and perhaps also the fact that B&W film often comes in higher speeds and probably incurs less motion blur of the subject overall. But I don't think it's actually objectively sharper per se? | ||
| ▲ | brudgers 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
No one has ever looked at a photograph and wept because it was so sharp... ...of course many photographers have wept because a photograph wasn't sharp. | ||