Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, I prefer working wet. I only scan prints when there is a need to show something on the net, which is only rarely. What I was getting at in my first message is that a lot of digital workers forgo the fundamentals of starting with a clean negative because they depend on Digital Ice or something like it to clean up the dirt. Much better to start with a clean neg. and allow Ice to do a minor cleanup. Sam S Ted Grant wrote: > sam said: > Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W experiment and Noctilux portraits... > > > >>I scan prints (up until two days ago when my scanner made a popping >>noise and died) that I make in my darkroom. There are very few defects >>to Photoshop away after the prints are scanned because I take normal >>precautions while in the darkroom to ensure that not a lot of dust is on >>the negative when I enlarge it. Every darkroon, whether dark or digital, >>should have a Static Master brush, canned air, and a bottle of Kodak or >>Edwal film cleaner. Digitally getting rid of dust softens everything. >>Why not take the time to scan a clean piece of film?<<<<< > > > But why go to the trouble of making prints when a clean neg into the scanner > eliminates a bunch of double work, making a print and it's attendant > developing, washing, drying etc when poppin' the neg into a film scanner and > it's done and over with in one shot? > > ted > > > > -- > 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