Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Pls send me one to. I am interested in getting out of the darkroom too. What do i need to get started right and not have to upgrade later. I do not have a computer at home. Are there publications that I can read that will get me up to speed? . Send me one your your photos too, please....... Tina Manley wrote: > At 12:39 PM 4/26/00 -0400, you wrote: > >New to "LUG" but old to Leica with my first M2 in 1960's > >I have been reading the various postings on scanning negatives with a Nikon > >LS2000 and printing via Epson printers. > >The impression I have, especially from Tina Manley, is that the end result is > >very close to a darkroom-produced print. Is this so? After over 35 years of > >shooting my M2 and now M6's are my days of fume inhalation, dodging cramps > >hypo reeking clothes over? > >Does this really work? If so, how can I see the results before doing my > >Bessler, Focomat etc garage sale? Is anyone willing to send me a rejected > >proof or two which shows the print quality? I currently use digital images for > >plate making on work to be printed. But for prints you can hold? Make it so > >Tina. Anyway thanks for your help and some interesting posts. > >Larry Gadd > > Hi, Larry - > > Yes, it's so! Send me your snail-mail address and I'll send you a photo > (Kyle is selling my digital prints to raise money for the Guatemalan kids, > but those are on watercolor paper which is beautiful but doesn't show the > equivalence to a darkroom print.) My printer is cranking out 10 photos as > I type this. > > Leically, > > Tina > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com