Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]HCB had the habit...maybe still does...of editing his negatives by cutting out the single frame he liked and discarding the rest. I believe this is the case for the puddle jumper and you will probably be unable to read the film stock from a single frame. Buzz Hausner - -----Original Message----- From: Jem Kime [mailto:jem.kime@cwcom.net] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 4:49 AM To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: HCB's film Whilst I agree that in gazing at some of his pictures, the quality, particularly of the early examples, are exemplary for the time, I have to say that a question like, 'What film did/does HCB use?' is a pretty inane one. The guy's been shooting since 1930-something, are we thinking he only used one film, or are we supposed to list every film he's ever used? I'm sure that he'd have tried an awful lot of films over the years. I did rifle through my books yesterday trying to find that picture of a hand holding his famous negative of the Man jumping over the puddle, just to see whether the film stock could be read, but I couldn't locate it. Can anyone remind me?