From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > As all of you (or at least many of you) know, I only do film
I sure don't hold that against you <G> > 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. and every year somehow I seem to miss seeing your prints > 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?). I think he's talking about your negatives? Thin negatives are underexposed I believe? > 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. I certainly believe that. My pictures are a hell of a lot better when I use my spot meter instead of relying on the AE. Tom Reese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
