Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]DITTO!! ric > On Feb 17, 2019, at 10:23 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > Luis, > My advice would be to digitize the negative, clean it up, convert it to a > digital negative and then do your darkroom prints. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 8:45 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> Back in the day: start with distilled water filtered for all your mixing >> of >> chemicals and rinsing negatives in photoflo. Use a clean soft pad to >> remove excess wetting agent or what I used at the end, denatured alcohol >> leaving the film on the reels.. Then I had a custom built film dryer that >> basically used a hairdryer sucking in air through a hepa filter and into a >> metal tube that held the reels of film. So, most of the time the film was >> clean and straight into sleeves. >> >> When enlarging blow the negatives off with an air compressor through a >> hepa >> filter. If you still have dust spots then, sigh, there is nothing but >> spot >> tone inks and a really fine brush. Become the artist and mix the colors >> until you get the tone right, much easier typed than done. I will say >> that >> once you have standardized on a paper and developer you learn the mix and >> it becomes a lot easier. Wearing one of those binocular magnifiers you >> see >> jewelers and watch repair techs use carefully put really tiny dots of ink >> down in the dust spot building the density up with more dots. Let it dry >> between as the density changes as it dries. This is a true art/craft and >> it gets much easier the more you do it. I have to say that I was doing a >> lot of this for myself and others who gave up learning. >> >> But, with a smile, spotting is so much easier using Adobe's tools. >> >> All the best, and just like using an M, there is a learning curve in >> seeing >> color in the B&W and a steady hand with the brush along with a whole lot >> of >> patience. >> >> On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 7:22 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at >> leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Steve, mon ami >>> >>> I will share the answer with you if I find it?.. >>> >>> Amiti?s >>> Lluis >>> >>> >>>> El 18 febr 2019, a les 1:19, Stephen Barbour via LUG < >>> lug at leica-users.org> va escriure: >>>> >>>> Well put, agree with all including your ending question. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone, Steve >>>> >>>>> On Feb 17, 2019, at 4:12 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG < >> lug at leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I?ve encountered sometimes when I enlarge a small dust like small >> hairs >>> that ruin the enlargement. I clean it, I look to the negative with a >>> magnifier 8X but sometimes I?ve removed the dust from one point to >> another >>> point. >>>>> >>>>> To clean the nregative I?m using PEC PAD with the special tissues >>> provided but sometimes a supplementary action on the enlargement would be >>> necessary. I think it is very difficult do a good retouching and make a >>> similar tone to the one of the print. >>>>> >>>>> Some experiences about cleaning better the negatives or applying >>> retouching? >>>>> >>>>> Thank you! >>>>> Lluis >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> -- >> Don >> don.dory at gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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