Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:47 PM 9/26/98 -0700, you wrote: >Tina, > >I use a glass carrier for printing. I've worked on slides before to make >Cibachromes but that was a long time ago. Do you think that a mounted negative >lies just as flat when the negative is in a glass carrier, or is it the same as if >the negative was not mounted? > >Ben > Ben - Some of the slide mounts are made to hold the film perfectly flat. Gepe and Wess both make this kind. They are considerably more expensive than the Pakon mounts. When I use a grain focuser to compare the focus in the center and edges of the negative, there is no difference. It's great not to have to clean those glass surfaces and worry about Newton's rings! Tina Tina Manley, ASMP <http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html> <http://www.aperture-photo.com/site/reportage/manley/manleyframeset.html> <http://www.onlineartistleague.com/manleyt/portfoli.htm>