Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Ric, Please look at my response to Jayanand, I think this is not what I?m looking for. Lluis > El 18 febr 2019, a les 4:41, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > va escriure: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information