Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am now a bit concerned about how my images looked printed. Should have my copy next week. Wayne -----Original Message----- >From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> >Sent: Jan 8, 2010 10:59 AM >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG Yearbook 2009 - How is the Printing? > > >Alan, > >it seems to depend on the input data. > >Some of the shots - where the balance between black and white is almost >1:1 - are printed perfectly - like Jayanands tiger (page 40). > >My BW shot with a predominance of white and grey (page 39) appears quite >a bit darker than I expected (about 1.5 stops). > >A very few BW shots unfortunately look as if something went wrong in the >printing process. (Marty Deveney's African shots (pp 122-123) and >Nicolas Vigier's landscapes pp 194-195) > >Maybe some kind of automatic gain correction (Auto-level) is being applied. > >Was this the problem you had? > >Perhaps this varies depending on the facility where it was printed - it >would be interesting to find out - my copy was printed in Holland. > > >The blacks in my copy are really rich, saturated and very black. > >Colour reproduction is very good throughout the book. > >Cheers >Douglas > > > >> Are the B&W pictures neutral? I ordered a free Blurb book on Dec. 28th >> as per their offer to make up for >> bad printing on some from last year (like mine). I wanted to have a >> second copy of "12 Leica Users", so >> this week, when it arrived, I compared it to the one printed in 2008 - >> the new one is purple in the blacks, not black! >> >> Last year it took them three tries to get me a good printing of "19 >> Leica Users". >> >> I'm losing confidence in this company. >> >> Alan >> >> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >> UPAA POY 1978 >> University Information Technology Services >> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >>