Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:52 AM 10/27/97 +0000, you wrote: >Eric Welch wrote: >>Why do you choose chrome film if the final goal is a print? The only >>printer I know who does Ilfochrome in a way that doesn't lose shadow detail >>and give blown out highlights (i.e. match the film's potential beauty) is >>Portland Photographics, and last time I looked their 8x10 with a contrast >>mask just under $100. Do you print your own? >> >>I know chromes are a lot more fun to edit (and easier to judge). But if the >>final goal is prints, I'd be using slow neg film. What are your reasons? >>Just curious. > >John Lowther answered: >>........printer to match the color and density of the original, she does it. >>God only knows how a printer will interpret a negative... and I am red-green >>color blind which makes communicating about color print expectations a >>much greater challenge, since when I get a print which is unsatisfactory, >>I often can't really explain why... > >For me another reason is the direct possibility of creating a black&white >negative or a color separation from a slide, so there is no need (or better: >there is not always a need) for using two different films . > >Henk > > >-- > Henk Thijs tel: +31-(0)43-3661249 > Eurocontrol Maastricht UAC fax: +31-(0)43-3661300 > Horsterweg 11 email: henk.thijs@eurocontrol.be > NL-6191 RX Beek(l) T h e N e t h e r l a n d s > > hello- was just wondering if a cibachrome would be more "archival" then any prints from a color neg? thanks... miguel fabie of the philippines >