Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] printing questions
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:06:01 -0700
References: <200009250701.AAA10624@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <000001c02709$9708d020$ef5c883e@default>

Jason Hall wrote:
> 
> Richard Ross of RH and Tim Rudman are both on the Pure Silver list,
> http://www.tundraware.com/pure-silver there have been some lengthy
> discussions on f stop printing.
> 
> Jason

If I expose a print for 10 seconds and it hit the floor switch (which i highly
recommend) to burn the sky for another 10 seconds I'll think of it and write on
the back of the print:
"B sky 1S"
burn sky one stop.
I heard it was good a while back to think in terms of "stops" as much as you can
in the darkroom.
So I have done that with my dodging and burning and i think it helps.
Especially when you DONT change your F stop at a different magnification.
Because it does not help to in your own head think about "hold 5 seconds on the
face" as a matter of course.
When five seconds could represent a half or a quarter or less, of a stop.
Mark W. Rabiner
:)

In reply to: Message from "Jason Hall" <JASON@jbhall.freeserve.co.uk> ([Leica] printing questions)