Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:50 PM 2/6/06 -0500, Tina Manley wrote: >At 06:21 PM 2/6/2006, you wrote: >>My point exactly, Tina. What is a "RIP"? Whne I do chemistry, I do not >>have to know what a "RIP" is. I do know film and chemistry and the like, >>but "RIP" is far beyond my ken, I fear. > >But in the darkroom you have to know about dilutions and time and >lots of other calculations that are much more complicated than a >Raster Image Profile. The RIPs for various papers and inks are >determined and easily downloaded from the internet. When you change >a paper or developer or temperature in the darkroom, you have lots of >experimenting to do. Instead of thinking of it as a RIP, you could >think of it as a DTTA - dilution, time, temperature, >agitation. What's the difference!! Thanks, Tina. You are really trying to help. But, for the third time, WHAT IS A RIF? Can you at least tell me what the initialism means? Beyond that, I am lost. I haven't a clue as to what you you are describing. It is truly Greek to me. Back to Chemistry. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505