>But if you were concerned with point-light-source type sharpness, wouldn't
>you make your interpositive on FILM in the first place?
I would only consider making an interpositive on 4x5 in. film myself. Then
you can make your enlarged negative anyway you like. This is the most
flexible method by far especially since certain processes (e.g., carbon
transfer) require a reversed negative.
>As Mr. Beauford
>B. Fisher said in a magazine I bought at the APHS fair last week , "The
>transparent positive or diapositive results in the most perfect retention
>of all the delicate tone gradations." Etc. ("The Paper Negative Process,"
>Camera Craft, Nov. 1934.)
Especially when the dia is produced with the carbon process, *in theory*.
In practice, it is not worth the extra trouble. Continuous tone film is ok.
All kinds of factors can affect the look of the final print and this is why
most serious printers who make say, 10 prints off one neg, usually prefer
one or two over the rest of the lot.
Luis Nadeau
NADEAUL@NBNET.NB.CA
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada