Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Printed 10 8x10 for the print exchange. I can't remember the last time doing so much work in a darkroom. Almost too easy though. The Analyser PRO nails the exposure and paper grade the first run, then it's just a matter of walking back and forth between the wet and dry sides, and moving prints from one slot of the Nova processor to the others. I can have 3 prints going at once: printing on the enlarger, soaking in the developer and soaking in the fixer. It's taking a little bit of time to get used to the wet prints - they don't have the punch that an inkjet has initially, but after dry down, they look quite nice indeed. I guess one thing about enlarging using software is that you can sharpen quite a bit (plus local contrast enhancement etc.) whereas those are tougher to do in a darkroom. At least going from the XPan or the 6x7 to a 8x10 is not a stretch at all. -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963