Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/08

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Subject: [Leica] Medium Format Digital
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:25:29 -0500
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I've tried to put most of the darkroom out of my mind, but essentially 
you would make a low-contrast copy negative.  These were contact printed 
with both having the emulsion side down, so the copy negative is 
slightly blurred.  The negatives were registered in the enlarger and 
then printed with a much higher contrast grade of paper than normal.  
Obviously this is not a 35mm thing.   I have seen quite a few prints 
made this way, and most of them hurt my eyes.  I don't know what the 
author is referring to in "flashing".  Pre-flashing the paper with no 
negative in the enlarger is for contrast control, but not for 
sharpness.   Topaz InFocus is a handy PS plug-in that works pretty well, 
and you don't have to get your hands wet.

Ken

On 7/8/2011 10:48 AM, Kenneth Frazier wrote:
> On Jul 8, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Bob Adler wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know how sharpening was done in a darkroom? Was it in the 
>> selection of the paper contrast or something else?
>> Best,
>
> Piqued my curiosity, so here it is:
>
> http://www.pixiq.com/article/darkroom-unsharp-mask
>
> Anybody ever used this technique?
>
> Ken
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> kennybod at mac.com
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In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] Medium Format Digital)
Message from rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler) ([Leica] Medium Format Digital)
Message from kennybod at mac.com (Kenneth Frazier) ([Leica] Medium Format Digital)