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[Digital BW] Re: Negative Size ?

2004-02-14 by randyrancier

I think the link may be down.  I had connected to it when Bob had 
first posted it.

Randy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Glenn 
Thureson" <glennthureson@c...> wrote:
> Bob,
> 
> I couldn't connect with that link.  I did find much smaller 
versions of that
> image.  Help please.  I would love to get hold of this one.
> 
> Glenn
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Michaels" <bob@b...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 4:49 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Negative Size ?
> 
> 
> Anyone wanting to see first hand what impact negative size has on 
the
> final print should go the Library of Congress web site and download
> the 12mb TIF of Walker Evans' "Floyd Burroughs, Cotton 
Sharecropper,
> Hale County Alabama"
> http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/I?
fsaall:43:./temp/~ammem_27kv::displayType=1:m856sd=ppmsc:m856sf=00244
:@@@
> and then print it. Don't do any PS adjustments other than normal
> printer profile, just send the raw 400 dpi 8x10 to the printer. 
Look
> at the print and think about it coming from a 12 meg file but being
> from an 8x10 neg.
> 
> Bob Michaels

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