Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Which do you like better?
From: Robert Marvin <marvbej@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:38:14 -0500
References: <200302050939.BAA21944@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

I almost always prefer black and white so I'm very surprised that, in 
this case, I think the color is slightly better.

Bob Marvin

At 1:39 AM -0800 2/5/03, Aram wrote:
>  got a roll back and found one image I really like.  Even though the film
>is Velvia, I printed it out in B&W and really liked it.  In class today, the
>students were showing clippings and photos they really liked and some they
>didn't like.  Just a little exercise on the third day of class to try and
>show them any common themes in what they like and dislike.  The subject of
>B&W came up, as they said they thought some of the photos they brought might
>look better in B&W.
>
>So, I printed out a color one for them and showed them both photos.  Most
>like the B&W shot, but I don't know if it was because I mentioned that I
>did.  Let me know.  I printed the B&W on an Epson 740 using Lysonic Small
>Gammut inks and it turned out a bit sepia toned.  That looks better than the
>one on the web.  I haven't been able to get it to print a straight black
>yet, even though the PhotoShop image is in gray scale.  I know it is a
>primitive printer, but it is what we have at school.
>
>Let me know which you like better.

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