Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You have to love the silver halide time machine. In many ways a far better archive system than very multiply redundant electronic storage. On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 11:08 PM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I also remember the smell when opening these metal boxes. > > Nothing compares to it, even the fastest SD cards :-) > > Amities > > Philippe > > > > > Le 5 mars 2019 ? 03:01, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a ?crit > > : > > > > Well, it was 1952, and I did, at times, buy 35mm motion picture film in > 100 ft lengths. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Mar 4, 2019, at 7:19 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > >> > >> Nice result, but to my eyes it still looks like a 1950s film output.... > >> Cheers > >> Jayanand > >> > >>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 12:03 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at > >>> lighttube.net> > wrote: > >>> > >>> After reading Tina and Lluis' discussion of B&W image processing, I > >>> pulled up one of my first and favorite Leica images and reprocessed it. > >>> This was camera shop processing, from 1952, and had some scratches and > >>> flaws. I used Neat Image to clean it up without losing detail, Focus > >>> Magic Level 1 to sharpen slightly, Photoshop tools to remove some > >>> imperfections, and then Silver Efex Pro 2.0 for final adjustments. > >>> > >>> You are both right. The tools available for B&W are very limited when > >>> compared to color images. > >>> > >>> This is my favorite shot of my late wife, at age 20, in 1952. > >>> > >>> > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070706-Donna+02+52.JPG.html > >>> > >>> Leica IIIa, Coated Elmar 50/3.5, Kodak Plus-X > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Jim Nichols > >>> Tullahoma, TN USA > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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