Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Welch wrote: > > At 02:09 AM 11/21/99 -0800, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >With a Rolleiflex 2.8 F would be my guess. The developer he used I would ><Snip> > It's well knows Penn used Tri-X and Rolleis. If you read the photo mags, > you pick up a lot of this stuff. But it's not the film and paper that give > Penn's photographs the quality that stands out. It's north light that he > uses. He sets up his studios outside with the background he wants and lets > natural light do it all. > > Eric Welch Tri X pro or real Tri x is the issue for me. I contend they are horses of a way different color. When I think Penn I think sidelight. Half the face light, half the face dark. When ever I do that I think I'm him. And I did that this week. I put my Balcars NORTH of the model. And they're COLD. :) But I ain't no Irving. Mark Rabiner