Herb's statement is very broad and general. See my subsequent responses. Personally, it's not that difficult for me to get repeatable results. There are a number of B&W printers I know who can do so as well. Whether or not you believe it's possible depends on your own experience, I suppose.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Herb Chong said: > > > > > in the wet darkroom, getting the perfect print from a negative once > > > doesn't mean you will ever get it again. > > > > Shel Belinkoff said: > > > > That's a ridiculous statement ... > > > > Why is it ridiculous? > Duplicating a print in the darkroom is hard if there is much manipulation > happening to get it just right. Even if you keep good notes there is a lot > of handwork, dodging and burning and so on that isn't able to be repeated > exactly time after time, especially if some time elapses between the > printing sessions for a particular negative. > > It sounds realistic to me, not ridiculous. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au
