Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan Wajsman wrote: >...CUT>.... > I shoot are never printed; they are slides and I enjoy them on the projector. I don't suppose you will tell > me that one can't see the Leica difference in projected slides? That is the point: yes, with a good projector and very good projector lens, on a good, clean screen, in a dark enough environment, if the slides do not pop out like crazy or if the horrendous job of squeezing slides between anti-Newton glass mounts was done properly, then yes, definitely, slide projection is a great way to see the "Leica difference". A very good loupe and a good light table make observation easier and more reliable though. Most of the rest, from careless minilab prints to web pages, is to various degrees, an insult to that "difference". This includes IMHO consumer grade digital imaging. Justice is done to your slides or negatives through scrupulous, hand tweaked, work in the darkroom. Yours (for b/w) or a good lab (for colour negs and slides). I find there is one digital technique that works very well though and that is available at 'normal' prices: the Agfa Digiprint for slides. Give it a try: if you do not put your nose on it and if you do not spend your time looking for the screening pattern through a loupe, it is almost as rewarding as Ilfochrome... Amitiés, Alan Brussels-Belgium