Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:39 PM 4/26/00 -0400, you wrote: >New to "LUG" but old to Leica with my first M2 in 1960's >I have been reading the various postings on scanning negatives with a Nikon >LS2000 and printing via Epson printers. >The impression I have, especially from Tina Manley, is that the end result is >very close to a darkroom-produced print. Is this so? After over 35 years of >shooting my M2 and now M6's are my days of fume inhalation, dodging cramps >hypo reeking clothes over? >Does this really work? If so, how can I see the results before doing my >Bessler, Focomat etc garage sale? Is anyone willing to send me a rejected >proof or two which shows the print quality? I currently use digital images for >plate making on work to be printed. But for prints you can hold? Make it so >Tina. Anyway thanks for your help and some interesting posts. >Larry Gadd Hi, Larry - Yes, it's so! Send me your snail-mail address and I'll send you a photo (Kyle is selling my digital prints to raise money for the Guatemalan kids, but those are on watercolor paper which is beautiful but doesn't show the equivalence to a darkroom print.) My printer is cranking out 10 photos as I type this. Leically, Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com