Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What I say is about my youth. I think I?ve grown somewhat wiser now, and don?t shoot for fame or legacy ;-) Or even ready money... Shall we call it pleasure? :-) Amities Here and now Philippe > Le 5 mars 2019 ? 07:39, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a ?crit : > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information