Yeah, exactly! The largest I can go that way on my current setup is ~20x16" (50x40cm)... Since the transparencies are quite expensive at this size, it's only worth to do for some pictures, so I'm quite selective and only after several smaller test prints. But the final result really does feel very different than just a standard digital print, especially for kallitypes, where the analog processing also is a lot more involved, multi-staged and always has some inherent variance...
Ps. Don't know if you've seen my other reply with more info:
https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/117491925897505643
Karsten Schmidt
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