[Leica] AA or Uncle Earl?

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You can do that digitally today:

http://www.alternativephotography.com/books/db_diginegs.html

<http://www.alternativephotography.com/books/db_diginegs.html>Tina

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> I am totally mesmerized by the "idea" of making 8x10 contact prints and am
> intrigued that other than Ed Weston none of them it seems did that but
> projection printed the negs even when making 8x10 sized prints.
> Ever hear about the self masking thing that a contact print has?
> Each grain self masks itself from the light bouncing around the room .
> That's what gets me. I'm sure I'll be doing some before it all goes.
> The last negatives I ever shoot may be 8x10.
> But I'm interested in shooting 8x10s from all angles.
> I should just shoot c41 have them run it and scan them on a medium range
> flatbed. Then print them same size and call them digital contacts. I
> already
> do that with 4x5.
>
> http://rabinergroup.com/Catagorypages/Halloween2001.html
> Though these were scanned from a pre punched contact sheet.
> I have others scanned from the negs.
>
>
> --
> Mark William Rabiner
> mark at rabinergroup.com
>
>
> > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:31:45 +1000
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] AA or Uncle Earl?
> >
> > My print you mean? It is this one from 1945, taken with an 8x10 view
> camera.
> > It is printed to the negative size but is not a contact print.
> >
> >
> http://www.anseladams.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=5010125&Show=ExtInfo
> >
> > You can read the technical details from there if interested. I have a
> very
> > well printed book (Yosemite and the High Sierra) which contains this
> > photograph too but of course the print is very best thing to hold and
> admire
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > Geoff
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> >
> >
> > On 1 August 2010 15:20, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Do you recall if it was late in his career when he was shooting with the
> >> Hasselblad or earlier with sheet film?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mark William Rabiner
> >> mark at rabinergroup.com
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >>> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 14:33:34 +1000
> >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] AA or Uncle Earl?
> >>>
> >>> Mine is a silver gelatin print from an original negative, printed by
> Alan
> >>> Ross. I don't claim any rarity or collectibility for that of course but
> >>> there is just one source and one skilled darkroom printmaker for these
> >>> and has been since 1975 after he worked as Ansel Adams' assistant. If
> it
> >> was
> >>> exceedingly rare or collectible then I simply couldn't justify spending
> >>> perhaps 8 or 10,000 dollars or more for a print. However it is from
> >> Ansel's
> >>> creation, has been meticulously made and is gorgeous to my eyes. My
> print
> >> is
> >>> professionally and archivally framed and hangs where I can look at it
> and
> >>> enjoy it every single say. I don't have anything from Yosemite that I
> >> shot
> >>> hanging within sight of it ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Geoff
> >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Tina Manley, ASMP
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