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Subject: [Leica] LUG Yearbook 2009 - How is the Printing?
From: wayneserrano at earthlink.net (Wayne Serrano)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 18:46:04 -0500 (EST)

Steve,

Thank you! I appreciate your checking them out for me.  Both images were 
taken by my self-defense M6 and 28 Summicron.

Thanks again,

Wayne

-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 8, 2010 6:37 PM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG Yearbook 2009 - How is the Printing?
>
>
>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/
>>>> 
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