Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]overdevelop and overexpose is a great way to make sure a long curved negative can get all the detail. tirx and tmx (and others) can support 12,13,14 zones. why not put it all on the negative. worry about the printing later (lots of masking). Rob Mueller Studies in Black and White www.studiesinblackandwhite.com rob@studiesinblackandwhite.com - -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rabiner [mailto:mrabiner@concentric.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 2:28 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Weston show "Mueller, Rob" wrote: > > If you think the print is dark, you should see the negative. I was at Cole > Westons (he who prints all the Weston prints. [actually he told us he was > stopping the printing of said same]) and he showed me the negative up close > an personal. Weston did one thing, and that was overdevelop. everything is > bullet proof. Densitometrically speaking, >3. The light bulb he used (and > Cole continues to use) for the contact prints was hardly seen through the > negative. One thing Weston wasn't... a zone photographer. (not that there is > anything wrong with that!) > > Rob Mueller > Studies in Black and White > www.studiesinblackandwhite.com > rob@studiesinblackandwhite.com > An tremendous perspective Rob! but a few thoughts: 1. Not overdeveloped for his and typical materials of the time. Lots of plates around then and the density range on those would be even much higher. 2. That must be some long-life light bulb! I kinda sounds like you are saying Weston didn't have control over his densities. Are you saying that? I think he very much did. Mark Rabiner