Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> See if you can find out what they are using for developers and whether > it's done by hand or machine, etc. Sometimes, just the agitation method > with specific chemistry can change the look of the results by quite a > bit. This can become more complicated than you may wish to involve > yourself if you're accustomed to labs doing things for you, but if you > could relate the specifics of what you can find out of the lab's process > and the materials you use, there are many in here who can send you off > in a more proper direction. Do you do your own printing and if so, what > type of head? > > Personally, the few times I've had my b&w film done by a lab have been > very disappointing. The mid-tones tend to take care of themselves and > you'll struggle to convey the shadow detail or not block highlights. > This difference can come from rather subtle tuning to processing and I > believe a lab in the middle of it all just adds more variables than your > own darkroom. No i have no prints except small ones from a digital ixus and it,s printer. I,ve only scanned so far. I notice though that the negatives hardly ever have any transparent areas even when taken in very low light so despite playing with levels and curves and what have you i,m unable to have detail in the midtones and true blacks at the same time. Usually though i,m pulling film and that might have something to do with this. Thanks for the advice simon - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html