Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]matthew: > Do the processes for creating prints from slides (Cibachrome?) present > any > significant advance in quality over a good 1280 print? they'll last forever, and nothing, as yet, can match a good ciba/ilfochrome in terms of color saturation and luminosity. they're a pain in the butt to make, though. the chemistry and paper is really expensive, the process rather laborious and easily screwed up. i *almost* sold all my ilfochrome stuff when i started my current job running a fuji frontier lab (which prints slides beautifully), but now that i'm moving to chicago, i'm glad i didn't. i'm even going to try making a joboesque film processor with my motor base. but, having said that, i'd urge you to get a colorhead enlarger. it'll give you a great deal of creative control, and, if you ever do want to do any of your own ilfochromes or RA-4 prints, you'll have the head you need. at least get a multi-contrast head. those filters are easily scratched and they fade. you'll end up using one almost all the time, and it will wear out or get scratched, necessitating a whole new filter pack. - -- brad daly bwdaly@bigfatpipe.net http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly/paw.html "America sells everything with sex and then recoils when presented with the realities of natural process." --Jock Sturges "War, what is it good for? It's good for business." --Billy Bragg All my family problems disappeared overnight. We're all takin' Zoloft, and everything is fine. My sister's teen angst just flew out the window. Momma's so happy, she laughs all the time. --Patterson Hood - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html