Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/14

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: scala prints on cibachrome
From: Michael Reichmann <michaelr@interlog.com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 10:54:53 -0400

Thanks Mark.  I've bought a roll of Scala and am looking forward to doing
some test — hopefully this weekend.

Michael


At 11:38 AM 13/05/96 +0100, you wrote:

>I do not do my own colour printing, I get it done by Metro in London EC1.
>However they do offer a choice of contrast level on Cibachrome print, which I
>guess is down to the different grades made by Ilford. As far as the colour bias
>of the original is concerned, I mean that there is a certain colour tinge to
>every monochrome image (unless is is printed and scanned duotone in a magazine)
>and that Scala seems to have the pleasing look of a silver-rich chlorobromide
>mono print. Printing on Ciba, as opposed to going onto a mono paper via a mono
>internegative, seems very good at preserving this original colour bias.
>Hope this helps,
>
>Mark
>
>