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Subject: [Leica] Jeffery PAW 24 AND 777 developer - my initial results
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sun Jun 25 08:13:41 2006

I think that it is the latter two. Now, part of the problem might be MY
monitor (which is about 3 years old). But the bright whites are somewhere in
Zone IX, and the detail seems to be getting lost on the screen. I'm going to
blow up one print to 16x20 this afternoon and give it a perusal.

When I finish scanning the FP4+ in 777, I'll give an update on the results
on my blog. 

Today is a busy one. Our church is deciding whether it wants to rebuild
elsewhere in the city, try to renovate the current building (we are near the
corner of Robert E. Lee and Canal Blvd., and the water was about 10 feet
deep there for two weeks), or flatten the existing church and rebuild on the
same site. Property values in Lakeview (where the church stands) are half of
what they were pre-Katrina. And we could never sell the property...there are
going to be tens of thousands of "For Sale" properties in the 80% of the
city that was flooded. And the parts of the city that didn't flood (even the
blighted housing) are going for a premium.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don Dory
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 9:55 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Jeffery PAW 24 AND 777 developer - my initial results


Jeffery,
Try to articulate where the clarity is that doesn't translate to the web. Is
the seperation in the highlights, midtones, or shadows better?  Can you just
see more fine detail?  Or is it paper white adds a dimension that a screen
can not display?

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 6/25/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Inkjet prints, on an Epson 1280. They have a clarity that I cannot 
> reproduce on the screen. I have a photo of a Mardi Gras Indian that 
> truly remarkable.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Richard
> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 2:15 AM
> To: Leica Users Group; 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Jeffery PAW 24 AND 777 developer - my initial 
> results
>
>
> Hi Jeff, at 1:46PM, you wrote:
> ****
> I suspect that 777 is not nearly as magical as its legend would make 
> it. It would have to really show me a benefit over other 
> readily-available developers to make me decided to keep ordering it 
> from Canada and experimenting to find good developing times.
> ****
>
> At 7:24PM, you wrote
> ****
> N.B. - This 777 is better than I thought it would be. I'm not sure 
> that any other one developer is its equal. For what it's worth, the 
> printed images look 100% better than the screen shots of the same 
> scan. For my money, the prints look better than those developed in 
> D-76 1:1, the so-called "standard" for comparing developers.
> ****
>
> I guess between 1:46 and 7:24PM, you made some prints and it's making 
> you a believer? :-)
>
> Analog or inkjet prints?
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
>
>
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