Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery, Thanks for the comments on 777. As to your church and the flooded parts in general, sounds like the time for a clever architect to design to the flood levels. The traditional construction on the river meant the main part of the residence was eight to ten feet off the ground because old man river flooded. One of the pictures from my grandmother is the house at Leland sitting in a sea of water with the children on the porch and a john boat tied to the railing. So, I suspect that you should flatten the church and rebuild with a dramatic staircase to the main level of the church, heck, a childrens playground could be built on the ground, shaded by the body of the church. Instead of traditional high ceilings, an Ayn Rand style of church with human sized rooms. More good news, one of my friends does most of the trash disposal in the NO region and explained that one hold up was concerns about insect infestation in the debris(dumps away from the area would not take the debris). About a month or so ago someone found out that the brackish water that covered most of NO killed the insects very effectively so one more constraint against cleaning up has been removed. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 6/25/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > I think that it is the latter two. Now, part of the problem might be MY > monitor (which is about 3 years old). But the bright whites are somewhere > in > Zone IX, and the detail seems to be getting lost on the screen. I'm going > to > blow up one print to 16x20 this afternoon and give it a perusal. > > When I finish scanning the FP4+ in 777, I'll give an update on the results > on my blog. > > Today is a busy one. Our church is deciding whether it wants to rebuild > elsewhere in the city, try to renovate the current building (we are near > the > corner of Robert E. Lee and Canal Blvd., and the water was about 10 feet > deep there for two weeks), or flatten the existing church and rebuild on > the > same site. Property values in Lakeview (where the church stands) are half > of > what they were pre-Katrina. And we could never sell the property...there > are > going to be tens of thousands of "For Sale" properties in the 80% of the > city that was flooded. And the parts of the city that didn't flood (even > the > blighted housing) are going for a premium. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don > Dory > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 9:55 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Jeffery PAW 24 AND 777 developer - my initial results > > > Jeffery, > Try to articulate where the clarity is that doesn't translate to the web. > Is > the seperation in the highlights, midtones, or shadows better? Can you > just > see more fine detail? Or is it paper white adds a dimension that a screen > can not display? > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 6/25/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > > > Inkjet prints, on an Epson 1280. They have a clarity that I cannot > > reproduce on the screen. I have a photo of a Mardi Gras Indian that > > truly remarkable. > > > > Jeffery Smith > > New Orleans, LA > > http://www.400tx.com > > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > > Richard > > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 2:15 AM > > To: Leica Users Group; 'Leica Users Group' > > Subject: RE: [Leica] Jeffery PAW 24 AND 777 developer - my initial > > results > > > > > > Hi Jeff, at 1:46PM, you wrote: > > **** > > I suspect that 777 is not nearly as magical as its legend would make > > it. It would have to really show me a benefit over other > > readily-available developers to make me decided to keep ordering it > > from Canada and experimenting to find good developing times. > > **** > > > > At 7:24PM, you wrote > > **** > > N.B. - This 777 is better than I thought it would be. I'm not sure > > that any other one developer is its equal. For what it's worth, the > > printed images look 100% better than the screen shots of the same > > scan. For my money, the prints look better than those developed in > > D-76 1:1, the so-called "standard" for comparing developers. > > **** > > > > I guess between 1:46 and 7:24PM, you made some prints and it's making > > you a believer? :-) > > > > Analog or inkjet prints? > > > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. 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