Response to "tonality" and "acutance"

Accutance has always been a subjective issue in photography (One persons "sharpness" is anothers "softness" so to speak.) and more than film / developer combinations come into play when considering how "sharp" an image appears to the eye. There is also the optics of the camera and the enlarger, as well as the resolution of the paper and the contrast selected. As an aside question that was raised here and in many previous posts that touch upon these subjects - Why is it so readily assumed that printing larger than 11X14 from a 35MM neg is less than desirable?

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