Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>on 21/4/00 12:35 AM, Jim Brick at jimbrick@photoaccess.com wrote: > >> His solution was to make 16x20 proof sheets. At 09:45 AM 4/21/00 +0100, Johnny Deadman wrote: >Joe's Basement will do this for you in London... I've had it done a few >times. The only problem is the sheets are so damn big. For looking at 35mm >contacts casually I like those light-gathering loupes... for up close I use >either a linen tester or a reversed 50mm lens. > >Johnny Deadman The problem is that most contact sheets are made while the negatives are in a plastic sleeve. There is a layer of plastic between the neg and the paper which is OK for general viewing of the contact sheet, but critical viewing is compromised. From what I see with my own contact sheets, a linen tester would be useless. The plastic layer visibly degrades the print. Jim