Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, Congratulations on all your learning. Don't you just love this sport? Keep at it...there's a lifetime of good things ahead of you. Lea - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric" <ericm@pobox.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 5:22 AM Subject: [Leica] OT: quadtones rule! > I'm going to assume that I'm not the very last LUGger to get a scanner and > printer. (Big assumption, I know.) For everybody who already thinks this > is pretty obvious, go ahead and ignore the rest. :) > > I was talking with Mr. Split Printer (or is that Split Personality?) > himself, Mark Rabiner, who told me I shouldn't be printing black & white > images with black ink. Whoudda thunk I'd get better B&W prints by using 3 > colors + black? Wet or dry (split printing conventionally or > inkjetting)...with his advice, my prints just keep looking better and > better! > > I've also discovered the evils of having other people process your film. > The tiny scratches didn't show up as much when I was printing my negs in the > darkroom, but they *really* show up scanned at 4000 dpi. > > I've also discovered that autofocusing on a baby's eyes with a 35mm lens > isn't the same as manually focusing with my M6 and a 35mm lens. The > difference doesn't show up that much in a print when viewed from a normal > distance, but the difference blown up is pretty astounding. > > > Eric > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html