Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]See all these reasons and ideas if I see them as being wonderful or less than is really to me of no issue if what comes out the other end is nice. I'd have included your URL on the lug gallery in the bottom line of your argument which I just looked at but won't include here as I was going to as maybe that's less than totally cool. You shots look great. - if someone just goes on the lug gallery and puts " Dzwig" into the search window it comes right up. Do they look like you took more time with them as they were film instead of digital? Who knows? They do look just fine for whatever reason. Mark I don't take less time with a shot in digital than with film for sure. I take more. Unless you included souping which I don't think he meant. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner > From: Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> > Organization: Summa Ventures Ltd > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 10:34:58 +0100 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Hot news! There is life in film yet. > > Lluis, Ted, > > I "still" use B&W film almost exclusively. The trouble is definitely > souping > it > which has to be done for me by a third party. However once the neg is done > and > scanned (prinitng isn't an option for me) there is still a lot of work that > you > can do in PS or whatever you use. Printing is also still an art. > Creativity is > a > must. > > There are quite a few kids using film and that is very welcome. A > photography > teacher I met some years ago said that they used it because it made the > students > stop and think about their subject. > > Then of course there is the "individualistic" and "alternative" lifestyles > side > of things. A lot of younger people want to reject certain consumer values. > Is > the LUG a repository of our "alternative" past? ;-) > > Regards, > > Peter > > On 18/05/2011 22:40, Lluis Ripoll wrote: >> Ted, mon ami >> >> Once I've read your comments I was almost decided sell my old Focomat IC >> with >> an >> excellent Focotar.... that I've never used after 10 or more years... and >> go >> to a >> printer, but I don't have many time to print and I'm too a nostalgic guy >> ...., >> but I will remember this, your comments are always right. >> >> cheers >> Lluis >> >> >> El 18/05/2011, a las 17:50, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> >> escribi?: >> >>> Mark Rabiner OFFERED: >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Hot news! There is life in film yet. >>> >>>>>>> People who have left their darkrooms behind have no apologies to >>>>>>> make. >>>>>>> And >>>> I'm one of them.<<<<< >>> >>> Hi Mark, >>> >>> I joined that club pretty soon after inkjet printers came along, improved >>> and >>> improved! And the printing papers continued to improve in weight, >>> surfaces >>> and software for making adjustments to print improvement. >>> >>> I think my major turning point to go all inkjet printing was seeing some >>> of >>> Tina's prints at the Cape Cod Leica Seminar some years ago. Absolutely >>> magnificent! Another who produced some amazing prints was BD who also >>> had >>> influence in my decision. >>> >>> However there are a few technical things that make inkjet the way to go. >>> It's >>> the simplicity of printing, adjusting and weights of and surfaces of >>> papers. >>> Capture a well exposed and beautiful image and with some printing skills, >>> somewhat like those required to make great wet tray prints. A 16X20 or >>> 13X19 >>> print can blow you away and sell for very good prices. >>> >>> Then when you go out in the garden on a nice day, shoot up a storm of >>> "pretty >>> flowers!" Walk in house, down load card to computer, tweak the image >>> slightly >>> and in a matter of a few minutes your printer produces a super nice >>> looking >>> print! Quicker than I can type this! >>> >>> And some folks still want to screw around with shooting film, take it to >>> the >>> colour lab, pick-it up the next day or next week or depending on type of >>> film >>> mess around in a darkroom for several hours, wait for film to dry, edit, >>> film >>> in enlarger, make print in more solutions, wash print for an hour, dry >>> by >>> whatever method, spot and then finally hold it up some hours later and >>> ... >>> "Oh >>> sh....!" :-( I better make another! OOPS! >>> >>> Naw some how moving with the technical times of the day can be and are >>> beneficial. But it still comes down to each his own in how one prefers to >>> make >>> prints and or film use. >>> >>> And as I mentioned the other day about my GUNG HO grandson using film, he >>> loves it! Even if he scans his negs and slides into the computer to do >>> whatever it is he is doing, he considers a sort of "best of both >>> worlds!" By >>> the same token he is quite awesome shooting and printing digital images >>> also! >>> >>> cheers, >>> ted. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > -- > > =========================================================== > Dr Peter Dzwig > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information