Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, Would 11X14 be an acceptable size? I can not make the Spring Shoot but should be able to make the annual meeting. I'll print some up for ya! The proof as you say is in the print pudding. On 3/28/07, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > On 3/28/07 9:45 PM, "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> typed: > > > Rei, > > First, have fun which can be had in Orlando. Second, greater Disney > should > > be a Harvard case study in parting folks from their money and leaving > them > > smiling. > > > > Now for the serious stuff, film in reasonable quantities(say forty > rolls) is > > absolutely no issue on planes. I have run Neopan 1600 multiple times > > through carry on scanners with no fog or ghosting. > > Yes Don but we should also see the larger sized prints you've made from > those negs which are high speed and run through the airport multiple > times. > > I propose or demand or just state out loud that such statistics are for > 4x6 > inch print output. 99.99 percent of the output which gets outputted by > snap > shooting shutterbugs far and wide. The rest of us more serious shooters > better watch it. > Here on the LUG I think that we print letter sized minimum. Or 8x10. A > survey may be in order we need surveyor tools. Or bigger. But I print all > sizes but my default remains 11x14 but with my new 3800 I'm going to bring > some 17x22s down to Sante fee for people to see. Or send them down folded > into large paper airplanes when the wind is just right. > None will be from irritated or microwaved negs. > None will be from high-intensity x-ray scanned negs. > The Regions of the Electromagnetic Spectrum I'd expect my negs to be > subjected to would be in the Visible area only. A touch of Ultraviolet > maybe > and a sprinkling of Infrared. Radio I'm not so worried about maybe I > should > be depends on the station. Gamma Rays I don't think I can do anything > about > so I'm not going to worry about the effect of. > Those pesky pin holes that's where they undoubtedly come from. > Not STOP BATH! > > > STOP Damn BATH!!!! > > > > > > http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/technical/xrays_airport.jhtml > > > Mark Rabiner > 8A/109s > New York, NY > > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com