Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy, I was talking b&w BW400 CN and Graham's photos come to mind as well. I may buy a roll today. My son bought a 3800 and he tells me the b&w prints are just gorgeous. We have been fighting b&w color cast for some time now. Time for a change. Len On Jan 11, 2007, at 2:18 AM, G Hopkinson wrote: > Len, CN as in Colour Negative is all I meant. As distinct from > black and white negatives processed in Colour Negative chemistry for > example BW400 CN. Don't you love acronyms? > I hear you on the big enlargements from traditional b&w films. I'm > vacillating on a 2400 or a 3800 this year. Absolutely much easier > to produce those smooth files from a transparency or colour > negative (including the C41 processed stuff! Also I can produce very > good b&w from those originals with my friend Photoshop. Still, > every time I see one of GeeBee's images done on the BW400 CN, I > wonder why I torture myself scanning black and white negatives of > the traditional kind. > I need a full wet darkroom and about 36 hours a day! > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Leonard Taupier > Sent: Thursday, 11 January 2007 13:21 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Now I'm officially Leica user ! > > I used to do all my own C41 years ago but don't care to do it again. > I know what to expect from the standard Kodak, Fuji, Ilford, etc > films in a number of developers. I have never seen a cn negative. > Time to try. I don't own any b&w negatives I haven't processed > myself. The challenge is forcing myself to bring b&w film to someone > else for developing. The challenge is also making a 17x22 print I'm > happy with from a b&w negative. (if I ever get that Epson 3800). And > you know I don't like cheating. ;-) > > Len > > On Jan 10, 2007, at 9:08 PM, G Hopkinson wrote: > >> Len, where's the challenge in that? ;-) >> I can shoot transparency or CN and scan to make similarly fine >> grained smooth b&w files. >> But you can't smell the fixer. >> >> Cheers >> Hoppy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On >> Behalf Of >> Leonard Taupier >> Sent: Thursday, 11 January 2007 10:48 >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Now I'm officially Leica user ! >> >> Hoppy, >> >> Bring it to your local shop and just have the negatives processed. >> After seeing some of the beautiful images it produces, I'm going to >> try it myself. >> >> Len >> >> >> On Jan 10, 2007, at 7:30 PM, G Hopkinson wrote: >> >>> Gene, yep, I've seen some great stuff from that one. Just a light >>> hearted remark on the CN tag. In fact I'm a bit conflicted on C41 >>> process BW. I know it does a great job, but I can't easily process >>> it myself. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Hoppy >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information