Re: [Leica] Printing Skill

["Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>]

I dunno Mike, I used to be considered a good printer and I was always
convinced that I got that way because of the practice I got printing bad
negatives, mainly due to a.) and d.)

Actually you make a lot of good points.  Now that I am trying to re-learn
some of the B&W skills that I forgot from years out of the darkroom the more
careful aproach seems to make more sense.

Mike D

- -----Original Message-----
From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Monday, January 03, 2000 7:42 AM
Subject: [Leica] Printing Skill


>The trick to great printing is getting good negatives. The trick to
>getting good negatives (basically) is to: a.) give enough exposure, b.)
>don't give too much development, c.) use good camera lenses, and d.)
>shoot in good light.
>