At 1:10 AM +0000 3/2/04, Tony Sleep wrote: >I could see no benefit at all from the condenser head even using a >magnifier. All I could see was marginally more blown extreme highlights, >already a problem with the (then new) straightline films like TMax, more >scratches and marks. The condenser head went back in its box and stayed >there.
Even more extreme, the 1972-vintage Durst 4x5 purchased by my Biology Dept. came with an optional point-source head, which was all the rage back then for printing scientific images (such as negatives from an electron microscope). It too was supposed to increase the sharpness and detail one could obtain from these already contrasty negatives, but all it did was enhance the dust and scratches. It too went back in its box. Regards, Roger Smith ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
