Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree with you in that there are no "bad" negs. My purpose in slide-mounting the negs is not so I can discard the bad negs, but in that I can put the "chosen" ones in a fire-proof safe whose space is limited. I can still keep the rest, but not in the fire-proof safe. Ben Paul R. Schiemer wrote: > Ulesmann would be the first to say there are no bad negs. > Cutting out selected images from strips to mount in slide carriers seems > counter productive. > > If you bracket your exposures you might have a good print candidate > either right or left of your 'perfect' image, one that may later become > less perfect for some unknown reason. > I hope a person that uses this method of archiving at least saves the > 'discarded' images in some way. > > While montage is not for the faint of heart, those 'worthless' shots > might just become the linch pin for a fantastic print. >