Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK, it occurred to me that I've mostly been moaning about this thing. While finding a working configuration took a while (and inability to use custom sized paper), there are a number of things that just worked fine out of the box and I've never had to worry about. These include: * No hint of microbanding * Even tones in even toned areas * Smooth tonal transitions * No "dots" in highlights I have one shot, a 35mm Ilford Delta 100 neg, shot on a sunny Swedish summer's day, with a yellow filter, on the 7-element, pre-ASPH 35mm Summilux at about f/5.6 or f/8. The sky is almost a perfect even tone, at about 4% black (0% would be paper white), with very, very faint clouds visible. Printed at 7x10" on 8.5x11" paper it looks absolutely even, is wonderfully detailed, has a beautiful tonal range, and no hint of microbanding, dots, or any other printer artifacts. 7x10" prints of 35mm Tri-X negs preserves that wonderful grain structure. And 7x10" prints of 35 year old, out of date, underexposed purple-cannister Plus-X negs look pretty much the way you'd expect them to. While I'm hoping that the relative newness of both the printer and the operating system (OS X 10.2) means that in the issues I have with it will be resolved, in all other respects as a photo printer, I'm happy with it and don't regret the purchase. M. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html