[Leica] The negative as positive

[paul at paulhardycarter.com (Paul)]

I've never heard that quote from the great man, but it sums up my  
approach perfectly.

I wonder how this fits in with the digital world so many of us now live  
in. With film the image is cast in stone, as it were, once it's fixed  
and it's than up to the printer to make what he can out of it.

A digital image never reaches this state, unless you call the RAW image  
the definitive version, but even that has usually been manipulated in  
the camera.

So where's the "digital score"?

P.

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On 7 Oct 2004, at 08:07, Afterswift@aol.com wrote:

> The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print  
> the
> performance. --Ansel Adams, photographer (1902-1984)
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> I would like to stress the fact that although the prints from the same
> negative can vary, the negative itself remains changeless. And it is  
> that true North
> constancy which makes all the difference in the ultimate comparison and
> appreciation of all its prints including the original scene itself.    
> --br
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