Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the reason why the digital printing has took off like wild fire is due to the fact that many photographers just simply are not good lab technicians. They get confused with the controls that silver based photography affords. The scanners help them with the image conversion to digital and Photoshop helps them mask their mistakes. They are sloppy with temperature control, sloppy with aggitation, sloppy with printing. If you nail down your technique, you do respect black and white printing a whole lot more and you end up with first rate results. Hey and I am saying this with over 9 years of scanning images for a living and with nearly 15 years of experience of black and white printing. I agree with other posters, however, that even though it is a little dated, Ansel Adams, the negative really spells out the recipe for quality imaging. gck Leica M, the quiet alternative...