Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Len, CN as in Colour Negative is all I meant. As distinct from black and white negatives processed in Colour Negative chemistry for example BW400 CN. Don't you love acronyms? I hear you on the big enlargements from traditional b&w films. I'm vacillating on a 2400 or a 3800 this year. Absolutely much easier to produce those smooth files from a transparency or colour negative (including the C41 processed stuff! Also I can produce very good b&w from those originals with my friend Photoshop. Still, every time I see one of GeeBee's images done on the BW400 CN, I wonder why I torture myself scanning black and white negatives of the traditional kind. I need a full wet darkroom and about 36 hours a day! Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Leonard Taupier Sent: Thursday, 11 January 2007 13:21 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Now I'm officially Leica user ! I used to do all my own C41 years ago but don't care to do it again. I know what to expect from the standard Kodak, Fuji, Ilford, etc films in a number of developers. I have never seen a cn negative. Time to try. I don't own any b&w negatives I haven't processed myself. The challenge is forcing myself to bring b&w film to someone else for developing. The challenge is also making a 17x22 print I'm happy with from a b&w negative. (if I ever get that Epson 3800). And you know I don't like cheating. ;-) Len On Jan 10, 2007, at 9:08 PM, G Hopkinson wrote: > Len, where's the challenge in that? ;-) > I can shoot transparency or CN and scan to make similarly fine > grained smooth b&w files. > But you can't smell the fixer. > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Leonard Taupier > Sent: Thursday, 11 January 2007 10:48 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Now I'm officially Leica user ! > > Hoppy, > > Bring it to your local shop and just have the negatives processed. > After seeing some of the beautiful images it produces, I'm going to > try it myself. > > Len > > > On Jan 10, 2007, at 7:30 PM, G Hopkinson wrote: > >> Gene, yep, I've seen some great stuff from that one. Just a light >> hearted remark on the CN tag. In fact I'm a bit conflicted on C41 >> process BW. I know it does a great job, but I can't easily process >> it myself. >> >> Cheers >> Hoppy >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information