Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/07

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Re[2]: The digital darkroom
From: Jeff Moore <jbm@jbm.org>
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 22:36:28 -0500

At 7 Feb 1999 20:00:48 -0600, Harrison McClary <mcclary@iname.com> wrote:

[of darkroom techniques to increase drama]

> The  old  4 corner burn was standard everywhere I ever worked, we even
> did  it  printing  color.  I  still  do  it as I like the look.  Helps
> separate the subject form the background.

See!  Yet another thing you get for your Noctilux dollar!  Shoot at f/1.0, and 
you get negatives with a built-in four-corner burn.

And to think some people call that an optical imperfection...

 -Jeff M.