Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]please send directions of how to obtain this other plastic paper and the plug in for photoshop. Bill At 09:52 AM 9/30/98 +0100, you wrote: >Chandos Michael Brown wrote: > >> Yet in the last weekend, I've produced what seems to me, at >>least,some breathtaking images (nearly all of them old Leica SM--Summarit, >>Summitar, Summicron) images, with a fidelity and dynamic range that simply >>boggles this skeptical imagination. >> >>Many of you already know this stuff, but there's something that borders on >>the sublime in rendering images shot with a 50 year old camera/lens combo, >>intermediated by an equally antique medium (silver on acetate) into a >>digital image over which I, in my clumsy way, have almost complete control. > >That's the joy of using the best of the old with the best of the new >technology. > >I'm also getting great results from my LS-20 using Silverfast software and >the original Stylus Photo - can't really justify trading up just yet. For >ultimate results, I've find white plastic film beats even photo glossy >paper as a medium, as the ink isn't absorbed at all and thus doesn't >spread. Give it plenty of time to dry, though. > >The other really powerful filter I'd recommend is Intellihance, which >intelligently optimises about six different Photoshop parameters at once >while giving you full manual control if you need it. >95% of the time it gets it right, with a vast saving in time. Very cheap >for what it offers. > >Happy printing! > >Slan > >Alex > > > > >Alex Hurst >Cork Florists >19 Winthrop St, Cork >Republic of Ireland >Tel: +353 21 270 907 >Fax: +353 21 271 248 >email: corkflor@iol.ie >Website: http://www.flowerlink.com/corkflorists >Home website: http://homepages.iol.ie/~corkflor/ > > > >