Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 8, 2010, at 8:02 AM, Wayne Serrano wrote: > I am now a bit concerned about how my images looked printed. Should have > my copy next week. your two wonderful images look fine to my eye, Steve > > Wayne > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> >> Sent: Jan 8, 2010 10:59 AM >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG Yearbook 2009 - How is the Printing? >> >> >> Alan, >> >> it seems to depend on the input data. >> >> Some of the shots - where the balance between black and white is almost >> 1:1 - are printed perfectly - like Jayanands tiger (page 40). >> >> My BW shot with a predominance of white and grey (page 39) appears quite >> a bit darker than I expected (about 1.5 stops). >> >> A very few BW shots unfortunately look as if something went wrong in the >> printing process. (Marty Deveney's African shots (pp 122-123) and >> Nicolas Vigier's landscapes pp 194-195) >> >> Maybe some kind of automatic gain correction (Auto-level) is being >> applied. >> >> Was this the problem you had? >> >> Perhaps this varies depending on the facility where it was printed - it >> would be interesting to find out - my copy was printed in Holland. >> >> >> The blacks in my copy are really rich, saturated and very black. >> >> Colour reproduction is very good throughout the book. >> >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> >> >>> Are the B&W pictures neutral? I ordered a free Blurb book on Dec. 28th >>> as per their offer to make up for >>> bad printing on some from last year (like mine). I wanted to have a >>> second copy of "12 Leica Users", so >>> this week, when it arrived, I compared it to the one printed in 2008 - >>> the new one is purple in the blacks, not black! >>> >>> Last year it took them three tries to get me a good printing of "19 >>> Leica Users". >>> >>> I'm losing confidence in this company. >>> >>> Alan >>> >>> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >>> UPAA POY 1978 >>> University Information Technology Services >>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information