Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've seen them print from copy negs at Picto, for a range of photographers. Marty On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > A copy would not be made on 35mm film again it would be made on 4x5 sheet > film but even then to say that Picto or any custom printer printed HCB > prints for collectors for any conceivable reason is a slam to Picto which > is > absurd and they'd surely not appreciate nor would the collectors buying > those prints. > A print from EVEN an 4x5 copy neg is a huge compromise compared to a print > from the original negative. ?Not matter how carefully its done put those > prints side by side and no one wants the copy of the copy. Which is why its > not done. > In any other graphics process the lower you are in the run the move value > the print. NOT in photography where printing from an original negative does > not damage the neg at all. conceivably millions of prints can me made from > an original negative. ?Perhaps a dupe would be made in case of fire or for > record keeping purposes. > It might seem logical that somewhere from someone who had to made extensive > dodging and burning manipulations to make a print from a ?certain neg that > copy neg from the print might be in the workflow I'd like an example which > could be corroborated by a URL of such a case I doubt its at all common if > it exists at all. > I'd highly doubt I'd would be in the case of an HCB neg as he was not going > to be making the print in the first place. > I have to say this because this absurdity has been repeated on the list > more > than once and more than twice. It shows a basic lack of common sense of the > basics of photography technique. A basic rule being keep the generations to > a minimum. > A copy of a copy is not what anyone ever wants at all. There is little to > no > excuse for it. If I found out a print id bought for real money was made for > a copy neg I'd demand my money back on the spot. And I think even the > stupidest collectors would do the same. > > Mark > > By the way look at the cut side you can make out a corner of a sprocket > hole > and also the number 39. > What it looks like to me is its the last shot on the roll which often gets > damaged. > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >