Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/14
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>charlie,
>what film do you rec. for col. & b&w?
>sblutter
I've never found a film that worked for both! (Actually you can make B+W
prints from color neg. w/ a Kodak paper, I forget the name, but that's
another story.)
As I remember, I used Royal Gold 400. In retrospect that was a bit slow for
the purpose. I would try either the Fuji 800 or the new Ektapress (no ASA
rating, but will work fine at 800: see the most recent issue of Photo
Techniques).
Now the real question is exposure time. I bracketed, but I seem to remember
8-10 min. worked well. I would ask around more on that, though. I liked the
results I got, but color print film is a bit flexible, and my exposures
might not have been optimal.
I think that exhausts what I remember. It will be my starting point when I
do some comet photographing next week.
Good luck (and post results if you get some).
- -Charlie
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Charles E. Dunlap
Earth Sciences Deptartment
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Tel.: (408) 459-5228 Fax.: (408) 459-3074
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