Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/22

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Subject: Re: M6 for Portraits
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:03:27 -0500

At 08:33 PM 10/21/97 -0400, you wrote:

>Yes, I shoot chromes. =A0I rarely project them, though: =A0I normally
>Ilfochrome them.

Marc,

Why do you choose chrome film if the final goal is a print? The only
printer I know who does Ilfochrome in a way that doesn't lose shadow detail
and give blown out highlights (i.e. match the film's potential beauty) is
Portland Photographics, and last time I looked their 8x10 with a contrast
mask just under $100. Do you print your own?

I know chromes are a lot more fun to edit (and easier to judge). But if the
final goal is prints, I'd be using slow neg film. What are your reasons?
Just curious.
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

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