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Subject: [Leica] My First Leica PAW! (Ron de-lurks)
From: sam at osheaven.net (Sam)
Date: Sat Apr 17 07:50:15 2004
References: <BCA64556.D8B6%ron-price@curiousrobot.com>

I adore the crop you selected (To heck with full-frame if a crop works 
better). How do you get that wonderful toned effect. It reminds me of 
Kodak Brown Toner in a wet darkroom.

Sam S


Ron Price wrote:

>Hello, all!
>
>My name's Ron. I'm an amateur (photographer, that is) in Columbus, OH, USA.
>
>I've been lurking here for a couple of years now... I think I had one post
>when I first started looking at Leicas (and I bought my 35mm Summicron from
>Phong here), but I've been silent since. I've been trying to re-dedicate
>myself to getting out and shooting, so I've started a PAW project. This week
>is the first time since I started where I was shooting with my M6.
>
>To make my LUG debut all the more nerve-wracking, I had very little (less
>than usual, even) to choose from this week. I did, however, learn two
>things:
>
>1) I am not yet capable of estimating development times for films shot at
>ASAs for which I do not have a chart; and
>
>2) Even if you underdevelop your film by quite a bit, you can still salvage
>an image if you point your camera directly at the sun:
>
>http://curiousrobot.com/PAWPics/week16.html
>
>Not much, I know, but the point of this is to make myself do it, post it,
>and take my lumps, right?
>
>The PAW index (three weeks old!) can be found here:
>
>http://curiousrobot.com/paw2004.html
>
>And some other stuff of mine is here:
>
>http://curiousrobot.com/gallery1.html
>
>Thanks to all who look, comment, or criticize! I hope to hear from some of
>you...
>
>
>Seeya,
>
>Ron
>
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>
>
>  
>

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