Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chandos Michael Brown wrote: > Yet in the last weekend, I've produced what seems to me, at >least,some breathtaking images (nearly all of them old Leica SM--Summarit, >Summitar, Summicron) images, with a fidelity and dynamic range that simply >boggles this skeptical imagination. > >Many of you already know this stuff, but there's something that borders on >the sublime in rendering images shot with a 50 year old camera/lens combo, >intermediated by an equally antique medium (silver on acetate) into a >digital image over which I, in my clumsy way, have almost complete control. That's the joy of using the best of the old with the best of the new technology. I'm also getting great results from my LS-20 using Silverfast software and the original Stylus Photo - can't really justify trading up just yet. For ultimate results, I've find white plastic film beats even photo glossy paper as a medium, as the ink isn't absorbed at all and thus doesn't spread. Give it plenty of time to dry, though. The other really powerful filter I'd recommend is Intellihance, which intelligently optimises about six different Photoshop parameters at once while giving you full manual control if you need it. 95% of the time it gets it right, with a vast saving in time. Very cheap for what it offers. Happy printing! Slan Alex Alex Hurst Cork Florists 19 Winthrop St, Cork Republic of Ireland Tel: +353 21 270 907 Fax: +353 21 271 248 email: corkflor@iol.ie Website: http://www.flowerlink.com/corkflorists Home website: http://homepages.iol.ie/~corkflor/