Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Welch wrote: >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. John Lowther answered: >........printer to match the color and density of the original, she does it. >God only knows how a printer will interpret a negative... and I am red-green >color blind which makes communicating about color print expectations a >much greater challenge, since when I get a print which is unsatisfactory, >I often can't really explain why... For me another reason is the direct possibility of creating a black&white negative or a color separation from a slide, so there is no need (or better: there is not always a need) for using two different films . Henk - -- Henk Thijs tel: +31-(0)43-3661249 Eurocontrol Maastricht UAC fax: +31-(0)43-3661300 Horsterweg 11 email: henk.thijs@eurocontrol.be NL-6191 RX Beek(l) T h e N e t h e r l a n d s