Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jim, thanks for the comments. I have not used a packard shutter. Only modern shutters, or lens-cap "1001, 1002, cap" shutter :-) I went to the gym this morning and then carried the 8x10 a couple hundred feet on a highway overpass. It made me realize that why keeping in-shape is a good idea, ha ha. On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 10:08 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Blown up on my iMac monitor, it has beautiful detail and contrast. > Thanks for sharing it. It reminds me of work my late father-in-law did > in the 1940s. He made his living in his studio with a wooden 8x10 > camera which was fitted with a split 5x7 back, shooting two 3.5x5 images > on each sheet of film. He was also on call to shoot 4x5 Speed Graphic > images which he sent in as wire photos to the Memphis papers. > > Have you ever used a Packard shutter? > > On 12/14/19 7:03 PM, Richard Man wrote: > > Some of you want a bit more contrast and more details from an 8x10. > Here's > > a 3000 pixel rendition with mo' contrast. Go check out the eyelashes ;-) > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/810-201905-02-Edit.jpg.html > > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- // richard http://imagecraft.com Beyond Arduino - When you're ready to get serious... JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative