Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Don, I?m already using an anti-static cloth I was using for my records, but it is not efficient 100%, I have the brush ?Artic-Butterfly? to remove static dust in the sensors, I think it could be useful. Best! Lluis > El 19 febr 2019, a les 12:40, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va > escriure: > > Hello Luis, I also found that static electricity would keep an obnoxious > bit of something on the negative as you suggest. I found that an > anti-static "gun" from an audio shop specializing in records to be helpful > in persuading the dust to find another home. That and a good wipe down and > mopping of the darkroom to remove static and settle the dust. > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 6:43 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> My postal address is: >> >> Lluis Ripoll >> Maria Auxiliadora, 23 >> 08017 Barcelona / Spain >> >> Please let me know how much shall I send you and how, thank, it?s very >> kind of you! >> >> Cheers >> Lluis >> >> >>> El 19 febr 2019, a les 0:36, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk> va >> escriure: >>> >>> Selenium usually changed the tones slightly. Let me know a postal >> address and I will send you my Spotone stuff..... >>> >>> john >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org] On >> Behalf Of Lluis Ripoll via LUG >>> Sent: 18 February 2019 23:35 >>> To: Leica Users Group >>> Cc: Lluis Ripoll >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Retouching enlargements experience? >>> >>> Thank you very much Ken, this one is that I?ve saw as well in Europe. In >> my opinion I will just need the ?Neutral Black?, my enlargements are not >> toned, I do a short bath of Selenium for keeping better conservation but >> it >> has no influence in the tone. >>> >>> Lluis >>> >>> >>>> El 19 febr 2019, a les 0:22, Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> va escriure: >>>> >>>> Spotone is gone, but Marshall has similar products. The brush was >> really important, just a tiny sharp tip almost dry. >>>> >>>> >> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1436740-REG/marshall_retouching_ms4b_spot_all_kit_4b_4.html >>>> >>>> Ken >>>> >>>> On 2/18/2019 5:10 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote: >>>>> Thank you Don, I develop my negatives in distilled water and I rinse >> them with Tetenal Mirasol (similar to Photo Flo), I can say that generally >> I obtain a satisfactory cleaning of my negatives, the problem I?ve >> encountered has been when I?ve enlarged a negative, on the print it >> appeared asomething very small like a small hair, I?ve cleaned the >> negative >> with an anti-static cloth and I?ve removed the dust, I did a new >> enlargement and the dust has appeared in an other location of the >> enlargement. On this case what I want is simply do a retouching of the >> enlargement. I?ve received many answers and comments recommending me >> Spotone and I will try it. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you! >>>>> Lluis >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> El 18 febr 2019, a les 4:14, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> va escriure: >>>>>> >>>>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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