Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > >-- > > > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html