2. Whilst the A3 prints are superficially impressive when viewed
from 2 or 3 feet and people I've shown them to have been impressed,
I don't really like them when examined close up. There is a
distinctive lack of fine detail. Subject matter that is close to
the camera simple looks soft and unfocused whilst distant subject
matter (such as range of hills) looks like a smooth, homegenous
colour without much variation or detail.
3. I ran some comparisons of similarly sized prints scanned from
4*5 negs on a cheap Epson 1640SU flatbed (with neg adapter). The
large format prints are simply lightyears ahead. In fact, to my
eyes the A3 prints look exactly like contact prints except bigger.
Even tiny features on the horizon have well defined sharp detail
(such as individual trees) clearly visible whilst on the E10 prints
there is just a smooth blur.
