Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Christ, I apologize to the 4x5 Tmax Gods for starting this Sexton topic. Chris Who found one of Sexton's printing classes to be extremely useful ----- Original Message ----- From: "slobodan dimitrov" Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:The new T-Max 400 > That's what drew me to look at Sexton's work a bit closer, as I tend to > obsess over the technical a little more than the other > shooter next to my elbow. I can't say I was overly impressed with his > printing, or his compositional style. > s.d. > > On Jan 9, 2008, at 8:48 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: > > I take exception...... Sexton's prints sometimes have no "life" to them > as > they tend to be pretty technical in nature..... > > But not sharp? Nope. Sharper than the proverbial snot. > > Ditto Adams, unless you are looking at early works.... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > slobodan dimitrov > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 8:41 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:The new T-Max 400 > > Having seen up close nearly a dozen Sexton prints, they are not > overly sharp. The same can be said for A. Adams images, of which I've > seen over a couple dozen. They are more interested in tonality, a > remnant from the early days of uncoated lenses, graded papers, and > scratch mixed chemistry. > A lowly Irving Penn print from 2? can blow theirs out the water > without any effort. > s.d. > > > On Jan 9, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Christopher Williams wrote: > > Should be a good film, but they are using John Sexton to promote who > usually shoots large format so of course it will be sharp! > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" Subject: Re: > [Leica]The new T-Max 400 > > >> Sharper and finer-grained than BW400CN? That is saying a lot!! >> On Jan 9, 2008 7:53 PM, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote: >>> All the info on the improved film is here. >>> >>> <http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/films/bw/ >>> tMax400.jhtml?id=0.2.26.14.17.14&lc=en> >>> >>> or >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/yun427 >>> >>> Len > on > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information