Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Always did like Acufine, but I can't get it over here. Acufine was what I was using when I met Sean Callahan (then a Life editor) in the seventies. He gave me a stern stare and wondered why I didn't use something readily available. At the time you could buy Acufine off the shelf, but for some reason Diafine and Acufine are just not available here. I actually have a 1qt can of Acufine that I took with me when I left the states (1976). I wonder if it would still work :) I'm pretty happy with Xtol. I haven't had any problems with it bombing out on me. It's not as easy to mix as its repuation would have it ... I always got good tones with Acufine. I liked it. Daniel On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, bdcolen wrote: > Don't know how their consistency compares to yours, but they are > consistent...But actually, lately I've been having them use Acufine - > I'm not sure whether that indicates that I have somehow lost my mind, or > whether I'm just on a nostalgia trip - but I like the results... ;-) > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Daniel > Ridings > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:14 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] digital contact prints? > > > Yes, that would be the best. I noticed I don't go into the darkroom as > often as before and my contact sheets are lagging behind. > > I should do like you, send the film off. I just process it in Xtol > without any fancy stuff and I seem to remember that your lab does the > same. They are probably more consistent than I am. > > Daniel > > > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, bdcolen wrote: > > > I've been doing it the old-fashioned way - I look at a contact sheet > > and then decide what to scan... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Tina > > Manley > > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:40 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] digital contact prints? > > > > > > At 10:19 PM 2/10/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > >I'm a bit curious how others examine their negatives to determine > > >which > > > > >ones to print. Do you scan them and make a digital contact > > >sheet? Or scan and examine in Photoshop? > > > > > >Thanks. > > > > > >Richard > > > > Richard - > > > > I look at them on a light table with a loop and decide which ones to > > scan and look at in Photoshop to decide which ones to print. > > > > Tina > > > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > > photos available from: > > http://www.pdiphotos.com > > http://www.mira.com > > http://www.agpix.com > > http://www.newscom.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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