Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Indeed, I had difficulty finding an enlarging paper that was black and white. Fred Picker used to use toner on his Ilford prints just to make the silver more...black-like. Regards, Jeffery _________________ Jeffery Smith Irish Channel, New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On Sep 3, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Even a silver negative is not color free and actually I think perhaps that > metaphore is more to the point of what Erwin was saying. > It would seem to have little to no practical use if your negative was cool > or warm in your enlarger but fine printers would swear by the printing > abilities of such an aspect. All that I can remember is that Microdol 1:3 > gave you easy to see warm negs and that was supposed to be much of its > magic > in the enlarger. Your light sources of course would be key to this equation > but in a cold light head it was probably just what the doctor ordered. > > One can not be color blind and be a fine black and white printer. Not in > the > 1990's. And not now. > > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 12:00:58 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica MM and M9 Comparison >> >>> " One can safely claim that the Monochrom is the only digital 35 mm >>> camera >>> that delivers pure neutral tones, identical to the ones you get when >>> using >>> silver-halide emulsions." >> >> Silver prints are not totally neutral. Erwin is spouting nonsense. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information