Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oops, I didn't make myself clear. Gee, that never happened before . . . When I said, "Amazing what you can do with a piece of matte board!", I meant, with a properly trimmed piece of matte board to lay in your easel opening you can burn in a "false" black edge. My idea was/is to have prints with consistent 2X3 aspect and a black edge, even if some of the images have been slightly cropped. Say your "window" is 6X9 and you print a 1/8-inch black line. Take a 6X9 piece of black matte board and trim 1/8 inch off one long edge and 1/8 inch off one short edge. Print your image. Then lay the matte board in the easel window, touching a corner. Turn on the enlarger (better yet turn on a 15 watt bulb) and carefully move the board so that it touches in turn all four corners. Almost instant black line! For added "authenticity" bang the corners of the matte board a little before using it to round them slightly. Ever noticed how the frame edges in a black-line print are never absolutely sharp 90 degrees? I thank Costa Manos (Magnum), a staunch proponent of full-frame 35mm with black edge printing, for the above technique. Rob Schneider - ----------------------------- Mark Rabiner wrote: > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 10:50:09 -0700 > From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> > Subject: Re: [Leica] More on cropping! Flames afire! (and black edges) > > Rob Schneider-Laura Tully wrote: > > > > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 23:33:35 +0000 > > From: <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net> > ><Snip> As Mike noted earlier, look at the black > > edge of HCB's Gare St.-Lazare photo. The neg is cropped, but the > > image has a black edge. Amazing what you can do with a piece of matte > > board! > > > > Rob Schneider > > They've had mat board out now which is white on the outside but with a black > core (a reverse Oreo). > So in use however you cut it it gives you a black border but with no white > border around the print so you have to sign the mat which goes against logic for > me. It's probably not considered Archival but would be good for a larger display print. > Mark Rabiner