Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is one thing VERY wrong with using cheap film, or with shooting with a cute little digital with 1 or 2 mgp - and that is that you never know when you will be called upon to capture the image of a life-time. If you capture it on crappy film, or with so few megapixels that you can't ever crop it or get a good sized print out of it, well, that's life. If it makes sense to always carry a camera - and if you've thought it worthwhile to invest in a Leica in the first place, doesn't it make sense to always use film you'll be satisfied with, or the digital equivalent? Finally,since it's "dump on Lee day," :-) , I'll add one thing to Ted's rant.....And that is, why take a 'sneaky' photo of someone eating, reading the paper, picking their nose, if there isn't something really special about what's in the frame? Does the world need another photo of another person reading? Perhaps it would - had there been a sign behind his head saying "No Reading," Or a sign saying "Paris School For The Blind" - Okay, I'm being foolish, but hopefully you get the point. A photo that isn't an abstract, should be ABOUT something. But as Ted said, you are shooting - and I'll add, you are seeing - and that's important. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Sandler Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 11:14 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] PAW 4 - 2005 - Lee Hermann Lee, There's nothing wrong with using cheap film and scanning for non-crucial stuff, but at least give the Fuji Superia emulsions a try...it's still cheap consumer film, but I think the results are a lot nicer than kodak gold. Most of my recent PAWs have ended up being shot on Fuji Superia XTra 400 and scanned on a noritsu machine that's probably pretty similar to what your Walmart has...speed helps when doing a PAW. I then rescan at home anything I want to print. There are other emulsions I like better, but I can't afford to always shoot $5/roll film...I save those for special occasions. Oh, and I order film from B&H...much cheaper. Best, Aaron lkhermann <lkhermann@bresnan.net> wrote: > I have to confess that I have taken the path of least resistence and > purchased cheap film, more or less standardizing on kodak gold 200. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information