Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> There aren't any real blacks and whites, lots of mid tones. If It came from > a print, I'd say you need to use a harder grade of paper and expose for some > some darker tones. If you did it in photoshop, bring the left hand slider > in the levels pane up a bit. Have a look at Brian Steven's Pics, he does an > excellent job with contrast. > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/bds/folder-4110.html > > Of course, you may think I'm talking crap and that's OK. > > Neil I noticed this critisicm a lot.And would like to ask why the lack of black and white is so important. If a scene hardly has them and you put them in with whatever method,isn,t that manipulation? For instance after reading kodak literature i tried to expose Tmz as iso 400 and develop as 1600 or greater. Kodak describes and i agree the gain in shadow detail .Even more so they describe this quality as fenomenal and they dont do this for any other film i think.However the overall contrast is very limited but i like it allthough it is not very dramatic. Maybe you have a reference for me wher i could read up on theory regarding this subject? Thanks simon j - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html