Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greg Locke wrote: My stock photo archive from many > years ago consist of B&W negs shot with Nikon, Olympus and Leica lenses. > When you put those on a light table, side by side, you can see the > difference in the negs. If the negs exhibit different qualities then one > would expect the prints made from those negs to exhibit different qualities. Greg, That experience is what got me into Leica. At PJ school, another student had a Leica and we had shot same event and had negs on light table and there was not even a question. Later after I had bought an M2 and still used Nikon, it was easy, even from a distance to see the difference on the table. And then we had one Leica enlarger, the multi-format model. When we'd blow exposures and had thin negs, that enlarger and lens and Afga grade 6, save butt. And I can see difference in brochures and magazines where I have pix published side by side. Subtle, but there. donal - -- Donal Philby San Diego www.donalphilby.com