Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lluis, Ted, I "still" use B&W film almost exclusively. The trouble is definitely souping it which has to be done for me by a third party. However once the neg is done and scanned (prinitng isn't an option for me) there is still a lot of work that you can do in PS or whatever you use. Printing is also still an art. Creativity is a must. There are quite a few kids using film and that is very welcome. A photography teacher I met some years ago said that they used it because it made the students stop and think about their subject. Then of course there is the "individualistic" and "alternative" lifestyles side of things. A lot of younger people want to reject certain consumer values. Is the LUG a repository of our "alternative" past? ;-) Regards, Peter On 18/05/2011 22:40, Lluis Ripoll wrote: > Ted, mon ami > > Once I've read your comments I was almost decided sell my old Focomat IC > with an > excellent Focotar.... that I've never used after 10 or more years... and > go to a > printer, but I don't have many time to print and I'm too a nostalgic guy > ...., > but I will remember this, your comments are always right. > > cheers > Lluis > > > El 18/05/2011, a las 17:50, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> > escribi?: > >> Mark Rabiner OFFERED: >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Hot news! There is life in film yet. >> >>>>>> People who have left their darkrooms behind have no apologies to >>>>>> make. And >>> I'm one of them.<<<<< >> >> Hi Mark, >> >> I joined that club pretty soon after inkjet printers came along, improved >> and >> improved! And the printing papers continued to improve in weight, >> surfaces >> and software for making adjustments to print improvement. >> >> I think my major turning point to go all inkjet printing was seeing some >> of >> Tina's prints at the Cape Cod Leica Seminar some years ago. Absolutely >> magnificent! Another who produced some amazing prints was BD who also had >> influence in my decision. >> >> However there are a few technical things that make inkjet the way to go. >> It's >> the simplicity of printing, adjusting and weights of and surfaces of >> papers. >> Capture a well exposed and beautiful image and with some printing skills, >> somewhat like those required to make great wet tray prints. A 16X20 or >> 13X19 >> print can blow you away and sell for very good prices. >> >> Then when you go out in the garden on a nice day, shoot up a storm of >> "pretty >> flowers!" Walk in house, down load card to computer, tweak the image >> slightly >> and in a matter of a few minutes your printer produces a super nice >> looking >> print! Quicker than I can type this! >> >> And some folks still want to screw around with shooting film, take it to >> the >> colour lab, pick-it up the next day or next week or depending on type of >> film >> mess around in a darkroom for several hours, wait for film to dry, edit, >> film >> in enlarger, make print in more solutions, wash print for an hour, dry by >> whatever method, spot and then finally hold it up some hours later and >> ... "Oh >> sh....!" :-( I better make another! OOPS! >> >> Naw some how moving with the technical times of the day can be and are >> beneficial. But it still comes down to each his own in how one prefers to >> make >> prints and or film use. >> >> And as I mentioned the other day about my GUNG HO grandson using film, he >> loves it! Even if he scans his negs and slides into the computer to do >> whatever it is he is doing, he considers a sort of "best of both worlds!" >> By >> the same token he is quite awesome shooting and printing digital images >> also! >> >> cheers, >> ted. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig