Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] the occasional PAW
From: "faneuil" <leica_korenman@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:22:52 -0500
References: <5.1.1.6.0.20030129132456.00aa08f0@pop-server.twcny.rr.com> <5.1.1.6.0.20030129143225.00aa8ad0@pop-server.twcny.rr.com>

No - TCN printed on color paper results in blue/green tints (depending on
the lab)
I think Portra BW was formulated to give better results with color paper.

I scan it as 'color neg' in Vuescan and save as 16 bit grayscale TIFF.
Results are consistently very good.

Eric

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] the occasional PAW


> Eric - can TCN be printed on regular B and W photo paper or only on Color
> paper ?  The reason I ask is that I think my standard chromogenic BW film
> XP-2 which CAN be printed on BW paper is not as impressive as what I see
> for TCN and I'd switch if I knew I could still go into the wet darkroom
and
> make images.
>
> ernie - yes I know I could just go to the Kodak site but I'm lazy - nitka
>
>
> At 02:36 PM 1/29/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >It is TCN.
> >I have tried Portra 400 BW (the more $$$  'pro' version of TCN), but ran
> >back to TCN.
> >TCN seems to return better middle tones.
> >
> >Eric
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com>
> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 1:27 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] the occasional PAW
> >
> >
> > > Eric - I very much like the photo - wish I had taken it.  The radiator
> >does
> > > a nice job of drawing the eye to the flowers.  I was not initially
> > > distracted by seeing the remote controls at the base of the vase but
now I
> > > am.  The tones of the pic are wonderful - is it the TCN 400?
> > >
> > > Summary: great photo/technique slightly marred by the vestiges of the
20th
> > > century
> > >
> > > ernie
> > >
> > >
> > > At 11:21 AM 1/29/03 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >The occasional PAW (no way am I going to make through the whole
year).
> > > >
> > > >This may be a boring pic to some, but I kept coming back to it while
> >editing
> > > >the three rolls I shot this past weekend.
> > > >
> > > >http://www.faneuil.net/2003w03.htm
> > > >
> > > >Eric
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