[Leica] The myth of larger, no border etc..

[Mark Rabiner]

Me too.


On 1/6/15 1:23 AM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:

> The $50 was "special for the viewers of the video." He normally prices them
> at $300-$800, mostly at around $400.
> 
> Of course neither Ansel Adam nor Edward Weston ever sold a print for more
> than $300 themselves!!!
> 
> I go to the Weston Gallery every time I go to Carmel, and it's always a
> major treat to see original Weston and Adams etc.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> 
>> Every spec of grain in a contact print is self masking. Its not light
>> bouncing around the darkroom and off the enlarge column degrading the
>> image.
>> Its pure image. And no enlarger non calibration as there is no enlarger and
>> no lens imperfections as there is no enlarger lens and no enlarger
>> vibration
>> ditto.
>> Yet most of the more famous shooters of 8x10 film projection print.
>> The big exception is Edward Weston. His work is hanging up in the middle of
>> mural sized color prints in those Carmel Galleries and going for ten times
>> the money.
>> His enlarger was a light bulb hanging off the ceiling with a string hanging
>> down which he'd turn on for the amount of time until it felt right. Just
>> like he'd time his exposures with his camera in the first place.
>> 
>> Id just see a Weston print in a gallery though then get a 50 dollar print
>> from whoever this guy is. Selling 50 dollar prints don't sound right. Not
>> 8x10 contact prints for sure.
>> 
>> 
>> On 1/5/15 9:24 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> There is a video making the round a few months back of a 8x10
>> photographer
>>> hiking miles with his camera taking photos. He was running a special of
>> $50
>>> for a contact print of the photo in question vs. his normal price of
>>> $300-$400. At least one person who bought the print gushes about how
>> sharp
>>> and detailed the print was. It even have the vaunted think black borders.
>>> After all, it's a dark room contact print.
>>> 
>>> I purchased the print too and it came a few days ago. It is a decent
>> print,
>>> but sharp and detailed and all the bruhaha about 8x10 contact print? Ha.
>> My
>>> inkjet prints made from V700 scanned 4x5 look noticeably sharper, more
>>> details and more tonal range in every way.
>>> 
>>> So much for that.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photographer
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>> 
>> 
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Mark William Rabiner
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