Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/29

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: B&W Scanning
From: "Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 21:56:14 +0200

In my experience all high street labs I have tried produce prints, colour
and black and white,  that have too much contrast. I wonder if it's an
attempt to make the prints appear to have more 'punch'.

Steve

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mxsmanic
Sent: 29 July 2001 20:31
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: B&W Scanning


Rei writes:

> i recently began processing my own B&W negs again
> and the difference in scratches and spots is
> amazing.

The quality overall is better, too.  I'm far from meticulous in developing
my
own black-and-white, but I _still_ get far better results than the lab gets.
I
think it is because they use a very aggressive, high-speed Ilford chemistry
that
agitates a lot and develops in like 30 seconds.  They get more contrast and
grain than I do.  In fact, I almost gave up B&W after having them develop
some
stuff, because it looked so coarse and contrasty.  I finally did it myself
because I wanted to use Tech Pan a bit, and lo! Tri-X came out beautifully
when
I did it myself, as did everything else.  And like I said, I'm not exactly
meticulous about development; I imagine that a really careful photographer
must
get even better results.

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