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I'm trying to make a final decision on which camera to bring on a 3-month trip to New Zealand with an

imminent departure (Jan 3rd). Can anyone tell me the current state of E6 film processing in NZ?

Anywhere? Auckland only? I'd prefer 220 film, since I'll be there so long. Has processing diminished to

the point that I should deal with the lower resolution and hassles of a laptop and backup hard drives

instead?

Thank you.

I'm in the middle of a months-long road trip shooting landscape photography. I've got a

Mamiya 645 system and a Canon 5d. When I can, I prefer the ultimate image quality of the

Mamiya (drum scans allow gorgeous enlargements up to 24x32"!). But often, the ability to

combine different raw exposures in CS2, the ability to push up to higher ISO's, the

reciprocity failure with film in low light, and the inherent depth-of-field limitations with

medium format push me to the digital. I still pull the Mamiya out whenever I can, though.<div></div>

I've finally got some freedom in my work schedule and hope to do some photography in either the

central Rockies or the Wasatch Front. In California, I'm aware of Carol Leigh's California <a href="http:/

/www.calphoto.com/fall.htm">fall colors sheet</a> and there is a page dedicated to the <a

href="http://www.parks.state.co.us/default.asp?

parkid=&action=submitsearch&search=condition&conditionID=38&searchParkID=&Submit=Submit">C

olorado State Parks</a>. Are there any other internet resources you can suggest?

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As an aside, if anyone would care to suggest locations in the Wasatch Range, I'd appreciate it.

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Thanks!

As a quick answer, a fine-grained film scanned at ~4000dpi and then resized for printing

at 300dpi gives me prints at about 24x32".

Stipulating an increased viewing distance, I can't imagine that it would look objectionably

worse at 200dpi, which would give a print size of 36x48". How much bigger, really, do

you need?

At 24x32", 645 will be visibly better than 35mm film or an 8mp 20d image. Larger film

sizes will be better yet. At a workshop with Charles Cramer, we compared 16x20" prints

of the same subject taken with 35mm, 645, 6x7, 4x5, and 8x10. Close inspection showed

an increase in quality at each step, most notably from 35mm to 645 and from 6x7 to 4x5.

What is "enough" for your purposes?