Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/23

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Landscapes with M Cameras (long)
From: nbwatson@juno.com (N. B. Watson)
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 08:15:06 EST

This sort of digital manipulation is simply the high-tech equivalent of
darkroom dodging/burning-in; hardly the sort of thing that should raise
cockles, not like adding wings to a herd of cows and placing them flying
in V-formation in the sky.
I question why using negative film would be the choice here,
though...with the demise of Ektar/Royal Gold 25 (which had basically the
same limited contrast range as reversal film anyway) there isn't anything
currently in 35mm that can match the sharpness of PKR or RVP.  Royal Gold
100 is the finest-grained colour neg film left standing, and it already
has enough contrast range to handle landscapes much better than reversal
film; it just doesn't look as nice in large (24x20+) prints as a
well-done Ilfochrome.  
BTW, has anyone given a try to the EverColour prints?  Supposedly they
are drum-scanned and printed with laser printers, and allow for full
digital manipulation of the contrast range.  Supposedly quite expensive,
though.

Regards,
Nigel



On Sun, 22 Nov 1998 19:48:52 -0500 "Craig W. Shier" <shier@mnsinc.com>
writes:
>At the risk of offending purists, the blown out sky is a perfect
>situation for digital manipulation using negative film originals.

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