Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Why, that print is so easy to make, I did it 11 times!" dodge, burn, repeat, So I have a particular difficult negative to print: the standard landscape photo where the trees/rocks in shadow and the the beach/water have just barely enough highlight details. 0+ paper with copious dodging and the result is OK, but I know this calls for a contrast reduction mask. Fortunately, someone sells such a system (mainly the pin registration carrier) for the price of a used 50s Summicron. Gave it a test drive tonight and the result is definitely better than without it. I will stay with simple dodge-burn-repeat for most things but this looks like :when you need it, you need it: type of thing. Also picked up a Seal 210 dry mount press for $50. This thing goes for ~$1300 new, I think. Woohooo... -- // 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