Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Noel H. Charchuk" <nhcharch@calcna.ab.ca> on 06/03/99 02:06:14 PM I suspect the album Glenn discussed may have been done by a photographer with talent, if it moved him so much a 80 or 90 years later. Noel Charchuk All of the photographs were taken in a studio with a variety of backgrounds and props, apparently with a north facing window. The photographer was a very skilled artist and darkroom technician. But what astonished me is the technical quality of these old contact pictures, their sharpness and grays. No grain is visible in the pictures. Based on the size of the pictures, the photographer probably used a 5X7 view camera. Again, we seem to lose much quality in the enlargement step. I wonder if the formulating of modern emulsions to minimize grain is responsible for the loss of the fine gradation of grays seen in these older prints? Many photographers claim that good ole Tri-X is still the best B&W film on the market because of its wide gradation of grays. Glen