Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert G. Stevens wrote: > Jim: > > I have a colorstar 2000 and found that with typical slides, it is hard to > use it to analyse the colour. For example, a colour analzer must be zeroed > for a certain tone. In portraits, you would pick a fleash tone. In the > ideal situation, you would have a grey card in the image to read off. But > life is not that simple. In a typical scenic, where do you find the grey > tone, or the white tone, or the flesh tone that you set the analzer to? I > find using my normal filter pack and the exposure calculation of the > colorstar gets me there within one test print. > Quite right... > > I gave Akhil the simple answer that he did not need one because he is > probably best to start out simple and get the anayzer later if he thinks he > needs it. Most people do not go to the bother of making a mask and > figuring out contrast ratios when they are beginners. When was the last > time you did a contrast mask for Ilfochome prints.? I myself have never > done it. When was the last time you made an Ilfochrome print? I did a few > weeks ago. > Masks can be made easily withough the use of an analyzer or densitometer. I mask 4x5's routinely. I do 35's only as a last resort. > > As far as I know, Ilfochrome only comes in regular and medium contrast, but > I may be wrong. All I buy is the medium contrast. I find slightly > underexposed slide in a bracketed series seem to print the best on this > medium contrast Ilfochrome. The old Cibachrome was indeed too contrasty > for most slides without masking. Is the Kodak masking film still > available? Don't you need a pin registered carrier to use it? > No, it's not :(. You can use TMX and lots of diffusion film :(. Yes, you do need a pin registered carrier, especially with 35mm. > > Jim, you must remember in photography there is always more than one way to > solve a problem. My father always taught me that when confronted with a > problem in life, you better have more than one solution to it or you have > not thought of the problem hard enough. I was just giving Akhil another > solution to use (Kodak clour print viewing filters) other than a colour > analyzer. > Analyzer's a waste of money for printing Ciba's from transparencies. Wedding and portrait photography from negatives are another story. Maybe. > Mike