Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/24

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Subject: [Leica] B.D.'s B&W method
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sat Dec 24 08:03:16 2005
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And a merry one to you, too, Daniel.
Wish you more real days and nights every day from now on :-)



Op 24-dec-05, om 17:00 heeft Daniel Ridings het volgende geschreven:

> What's it called?
>
> Xtol
>
> You load it right before you start the time. You put it in the
> stainless steel container.
>
> It's done by Kodak, but you get the same results, a film feeling, as
> you get with Fred Miranda's plug-in.
>
> Some people put it in distilled water. Tap water will do just fine.
>
> :-)
>
> Merry Christmas. I'm in the middle of making food. That's a lot of
> what it's about over here.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On 12/24/05, Steve Unsworth <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote:
>>  Sorry for sounding stupid, but I have the Fred Miranda b&w plug- 
>> in but
>> can't see it as an action when I try to load it. Where does it  
>> live and
>> what's it called?
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On  
>> Behalf Of B.
>> D. Colen
>> Sent: 24 December 2005 14:47
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] B.D.'s B&W method
>>
>> That's simple, Philippe. Simply 'open' the action in the actions  
>> tab, and
>> change any of the parameters you want to change. I've also saved a  
>> version
>> of the same action, which I call 400 asa w/grain, in which I  
>> reduced his
>> noise setting, but did keep some added noise. Using the additional  
>> noise is,
>> believe it or not, actually helpful at times because it gives you the
>> uniform look of grain in an image that otherwise has noisy and  
>> noise-free
>> areas.
>>
>> Best
>> B. D.
>>
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In reply to: Message from bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] B.D.'s B&W method)
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Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] B.D.'s B&W method)