Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter Dzwig asked: >>> as a matter of idle interest, are you shipping all your originals to the >>> archive > or are you keeping some copies? What is left to you to remind yourself? > Just curious and interested in the process.<<< Hi Peter, Everything going to Archives are originals, gone, finito, out of my face! :-) Those I feel are useful for giving lectures or a future book are still here, lots of ideas for those. ;-) There are also a number of originals, the "best of 50 years" still here and all my medical material from the three books. For now anyway. Those I don't have the original neg or colour in hand due to a previous submission were scanned from original prints. Actually the scans from some original B&W prints are quite remarkable as most are scanned from 11X14 prints and all I can says is... "Thank heavens for Leica glass and well made prints from 30 to 50 years ago." ;-) As new digital prints made from these scans are difficult to tell whether they're from negs or prints. Obviously not all, but many are so damn sharp and reproduced so well, it's hard to tell a print or negative scan! Honest. :-) Then burned to CD. Or shortly transferred to DVD. Many of these can be used for lectures as I have slides produced for presentations. I'm still not completely knocked out with digital projected images. Or let's say I'm from the farm, so prove it's quality is as good or better compared to a slide, B&W or colour. And my final book, "Real Photographers Shoot B&W. some times colour." is in the final prep stage. It will happen because I'm not going until I have a signed contract to the fact. ;-) As the stories and pictures have been run by many many photographers, pros and amateur and it's the same re-action... "this has to be a book!" We shall see! :-) OK maybe after I'm horizontal and non-breathing. ;-) You know , "we remember him when" ;-) Also the production of a DVD teaching disk using the same material. ;-) All I have to do is stay vertical and breathing for a short time yet as I have a few groups on my case to do a lecture thing. :-) Damn it's nice to be wanted by fellow photographers. :-) I trust this answers your questions ;-) regards, ted Ted Grant Photography Limited 1817 Feltham Road Victoria BC V8N 2A4 250-477-2156