Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe Orlent wrote: > Seeing f.i. Daniel's square Rollei shots tempted me to acquire a Mamiya > C330 + 80mm. > I went in the woods with it last weekend to try it out, and then decided > to buy a new Paterson tank + film development chemicals to revive what > seemed so natural to me some 10 years ago. > So yesterday I struggled to get the film (TMax 100) in the spool (lost > that handiness), and then had a great time playing low techie in the > kitchen with temp, dilutions etc. > Today I scanned a reasonable neg on my Epson flatbed (an old 1660 > photo), discovered that Newton rings haven't disappeared yet, and > emulated the 'printing' process on my trusted PS CS. > The result leaves me somewhat 'I don't know'-ish: > > http://tinyurl.com/b9ymz > > But there was one thing I noticed: doing it this way sure makes me think > more when I take a photograph. A lot of time is needed afterwards, so > it's better to know in front that all that work won't be in vain. > I haven't decided yet if that will improve my photography (full analog > process needing thinking time vs digital offering more choice thus > leading to a higher probability of acceptable shots), so I'm interested > to know how you all feel about this. Hi Phillipe, As you know I embraced analog printing since 6 months again because I think the process is more important than the end result. I still love the magic of the picture coming up in the developer as much as I did when I was 14 years old. I now have again a darkroom were I can print from 35mm to 4x5 inch. You're more than welcome to enlarge your negatives and I guess you will be surprised by the quality it gives. As you know B&W has a learning curve and with every film you will get better results. After our last BLUG gathering were I discussed my struggle with Neopan 1600 with Erwin Puts. I now have very nice negatives when I shoot at 1000. it just takes some time to get the best out of B&W MF, or any other B&W. I also had a C330 and I know this camera is more than capable. So, if you want to enlarge in a real darkroom just shout and we'l do it. Cheers Micheil Fokkema