Tom Brydon If I didn't know you better I would swear you were showing us a still from a movie. The quality is outrageously good. Is this something they are doing with the negative, or digitally on the computer?
The camera was an 8x10 view camera - the size of the film being 8" by 10" made up for poorer lens. Here's a pic of one: http://goo.gl/cVTcPQ This image came from Shorpy who have done amazing high quality scans from these negs.
No way to know for certain. But it likely was a large format glass plate negative. I would bet scanned directly from the plate and some miner digital enhancements. It is very sharp, but most pictures from that time were surprisingly good.
Its by a company back then called Detroit Publishing. The Librray of Congress has a collection of 25000 of glass negatives by them. The file size of their scan of this image is 159MB which 10 to 20 times the size of a modern point and shoot camera.
Bingo! An absolutely top quality scan, of a large glass plate.
I have scanned medium format film negatives at that size just to se what it would look like. And the level of detail is astounding. I could easily do a wall size print that would look sharp right up close.
Fabulous photo. So many great details to see!
ReplyDeleteIndeed! Very sharp and full of glorious bits and pieces. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteTom Brydon If I didn't know you better I would swear you were showing us a still from a movie. The quality is outrageously good. Is this something they are doing with the negative, or digitally on the computer?
ReplyDeleteIt just blows me away to see the detail in this. Thank you Tom Brydon
ReplyDeleteThe camera was an 8x10 view camera - the size of the film being 8" by 10" made up for poorer lens.
ReplyDeleteHere's a pic of one: http://goo.gl/cVTcPQ
This image came from Shorpy who have done amazing high quality scans from these negs.
Tom Brydon Yes, they certainly have. And Thanks : )
ReplyDeleteTom Brydon Now this is just the pocket version. I would like to see the full size unit !
ReplyDeleteLaurent TRUILLET You must have BIG pockets.
ReplyDeleteNo way to know for certain. But it likely was a large format glass plate negative. I would bet scanned directly from the plate and some miner digital enhancements. It is very sharp, but most pictures from that time were surprisingly good.
ReplyDeleteIts by a company back then called Detroit Publishing. The Librray of Congress has a collection of 25000 of glass negatives by them. The file size of their scan of this image is 159MB which 10 to 20 times the size of a modern point and shoot camera.
ReplyDeleteBingo! An absolutely top quality scan, of a large glass plate.
ReplyDeleteI have scanned medium format film negatives at that size just to se what it would look like. And the level of detail is astounding. I could easily do a wall size print that would look sharp right up close.
So this is done right, and it shows.