Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Notice on the opening page: It?s pretty amazing how much EDITING Adams? did in transforming the plain negatives into the beautiful works of art hanging on walls around the world. Caps are mine. The word "editing" now means processing. As a result of today's digital workflow and I'm going to get specific and say its Lightroom but also Aperture. I'd like Ansel to come back from the dead and hear his work in the darkroom now being described as "editing'. Folks editing is what you do on the light table and red grease pencil. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:01:52 +1300 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Collapsible lenses on the M8/9 > > This link was recently posted on l-camera-forum > http://www.petapixel.com/2011/04/05/a-tour-of-ansel-adams-darkroom/ > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > > Ansel Adams is famous for Dymo tapering everything which would hold still. > Especially in the darkroom. > One letter at a time! > > -- > Mark R. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > > >> From: Emanuel Lowi <manolito at videotron.ca> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:23:14 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Collapsible lenses on the M8/9 >> >> Phil Swango wrote >> >>> You can also use a small rubber band, doubled or tripled. Put it on the >>> barrel and slide it forward until it stops just behind the knurled > flange. >>> It'll barely be visible but will stop the lens from collapsing that last >>> few mms. You may have to experiment to learn how much distance you need > to >>> maintain. On the Bessa it's not much. I've also heard people say they >>> used Dymo labeling tape wrapped around the barrel. >> >> Nice to see Dymo tape mentioned! That's exactly the stuff recommended by >> Leitz Wetzlar in their literature at the time the Leica M5 was introduced, >> to protect the swinging semaphore meter arm from damage by collapsible >> lenses. Ditto in their documentation for the Leica CL. >> >> Emanuel >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information