From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 05/16/00-12:40:34 PM Z
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Eric Neilsen wrote:
> Nick, Sure, it is possible to have a negative that has too much
> contrast to make a pleasing image. It is also possible to have a
> negative that has a printable range but one that has a curve that
> would not produce a pleasing print. Don't confuse density range with
> the shape of the curve. I recently received a digital negative to
> print and a curve had been applied to this negative that was supposed
> to make a good print. It had fine detail but produced a print to had
> too much contrast. Fix? to make a print using a rather warm
> developer. THere are many aspects of your printing process that my be
> quite different from those providing information about digital
> negatives. Either adjust your printing method or adjust your
> negatives.
The above was why I suggested printing a step guide of some sort -- you
can then key or match the tones you're interested in/troubled by to the
tones as they actually appear in the negative. Then you at least have a
context or framework beyond just trial and scratch your head.
Judy
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