I feel some dodging comming on to get rid of that little black hair line. I also have a very good idea as well to make tht neg look it's best so bring on the digital :-) . I believe Aaron will be doing both digital and old fashioned printing here to.
--- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cotty > Subject: Re: The Great PDML Print Off > > > > >4) For the sake of uniformity, all prints shall > be made on > 8x10 > > >inch paper, unmounted. > > >Prints shall be by traditional darkroom methods. > > > > Hi again Bill, > > > > Er, I asked you if an inkjet print was acceptable > - even if > only to > > illustrate how crap black, single-ink inkjet > prints would > compare to > > darkroom prints - and you said that was okay. That > was the > reason I > > signed up, as I have no darkroom access. Therefore > my > submission will be > > by inkjet print - is this okay or not? > > Woops, my bad. I sent the rules I wrote before > inkjet prints > were thought of...... > sure, inkjet stuff just raises the bar a little bit > <G>. > > You might actually have an advantage with the > digital print in > this case. I went to do my test print last night, > sort of > determining my printing strategy, and I discovered a > negative > flaw which affects every neg I sent out. > I am not concerned overly about it. > > Her is a URL to a Q&D scan I did of one of my > initial prints: > > http://www.accesscomm.ca/users/wrobb/print_challenge.jpg > > The flaw is the black line on the bottom, near the > middle. I had > a bit of lint find it's way into the camera. > > Technical data for the negative: > Camera: Pentax ME-Super, SMC (K) Pentax 50mm f/1.4 > lens. > SMC Pentax orange filter. > f/8 @ 1/60th. > > Film: Ilford FP-4+, processed in ID-11, diluted 1:3, > 20.5ºC / 12 > minutes. > > This gave a negative that is fairly robust, with > lots of shadow > detail, but well controled highlights. > My test print was printed on Ilford MGIV, on a > Beseler 23C > Dichroic, with no filtration. f/8 for 12 seconds as > a base > exposure. There is some burning in done on the test > print. > Have fun > > William Robb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. > To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. > Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > http://pug.komkon.org . > ______________________________________________________________________ Find, Connect, Date! http://personals.yahoo.ca - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
