> As all of you (or at least many of you) know, I only do film, I don't > develop my own, I don't print my own, I have no interest in developing > and printing. I like taking pictures and bringing them to my lab, > coming back a week later and picking up negs or prints, as the case > may be. > > As you've all noticed, the stuff I post often looks like poo. I'm not > very good at scanning. Much of my early reputation as a purveyor of > fuzzy pics comes from my sketchy abilities at the scanner. > > Every year I got to Grandfather Mountain, and every year someone new > from the list looks at my pix and says, "Holy crap, some of these are > really really sharp. I love the way these things look! Those are > amazing grey-tones. The blacks are deep, the greys are beautiful. > How do you do it?"
Who said that.:-) > > More specifically, Mat Maesson asked what developer Robert the Lab Guy > and Printer uses. I was speaking to him today (Robert, not Mat), and > I finally remembered to ask him. > > He says that he just uses regular Agfa Multigrade Developer, and > prints my stuff on Agfa Pearl paper. I told him about the compliments > I get on how the prints look (which may have to do with lowered > expectations from poor scans <g>), and he said a great part of how my > prints (specifically) turn out has to do with my exposures, which he > says are usually bang on, and never "too thin" (which I guess means > lots of detail?). He offered the opinion (as he has on numerous > occasions, and as I've previously reported to this list) that those > that shoot with manual meters tend to have more consistent and better > exposed negs than those who rely on AE. Of course, I'm sure there are > exeptions to that rule. I use a meter. I'll see what he has to say about my stuff.:-) > > Or, he could just be saying all that stuff just to "stroke me", and > keep me coming back... Most likely. BTW hopefully Friday i'll drop some off. Dave > > <vbg> > > cheers, > frank > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
