Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i am on board for 13 x 19 Mark On Mar 23, 2012, at 8:20 PM, Richard Man wrote: > Actually, there is no technical reason why we can't do that... > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> I would rather have a 19"x13" proper Print Exchange - which I would be >> very >> interested in. >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Richard Man <richard at >> richardmanphoto.com >>> wrote: >> >>> How often do you hear people say, the proof making a print and an 8x10 >>> print is pretty small to see anything? >>> >>> Wouldn't you like a see a big print from (M9, D700, X100, 4x5 etc.)? >>> >>> How about this proposal: in this group, everyone makes one large print, >> at >>> least 13x19, may be 17x22. Darkroom printer may use 16x20 etc. >>> >>> Feel free to watermark on the edge and heck, write in giant letters on >> the >>> back that says, "Property of XYZ. I will send my puppies to nip at you if >>> you steal it.' Heck, tear off a corner if you are paranoid. Whatever. >>> >>> Everyone sends the copy to the Coordinator. >>> >>> The Coordinator gathers all the prints and after a week, forward it to >> the >>> first person in line, 2 weeks later, it gets send to the next person and >> so >>> on and back to the Coordinator. The last person keeps their own print. >>> >>> The Coordinator then sends the prints back to each person. >>> >>> So the cost is one mailing to the Coordinator, one mailing to the next >>> person in line, and one mailing back to the sender, and the purchase of a >>> mailing tube. This should be less than $40. We will equalize the cost so >>> the oversea will not get penalized. >>> >>> In fact, the Coordinator may pre-purchase postage and make labels for all >>> the trips and include it with the package. >>> >>> Of course there is a chance that the prints may get lost, so may be >> tearing >>> off the corner and marking it on the back is appropriate. >>> >>> Any takers? >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information