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Subject: [Leica] In Praise of ACROS...
From: jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sun May 29 14:00:17 2005

Acros is the only B&W silver halide film that I can scan without any
fiddling with settings on the scanner. I just doesn't seem to be in need
of adjustments at the scanning level. 

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Richard
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 3:30 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] In Praise of ACROS...


At 06:41 AM 5/29/2005, Mark wrote:
> >
>Yes but at what shutter speed is the main point.
>And it might be nice in the shot we saw even to stop down a little to 
>make sure you get your focus. The shot looks a little fuzzy from what I

>remember. Not good fuzzy.

Ah yes. That I agree, the photo serves to demonstrates my enthusiasm for

the film, not my photographic skills :-) I like the smooth tonal range.
May 
be I have been shooting colors for too long, but seeing tones like that
is 
sort of... "exciting" for me.

Thanks for your comments about the photo itself though. Lots for me to 
learn. I am not too sure I will agree about printing 11x14 with 1600 all

the time. Right at this moment in my photographic journey, that kind of 
grain would bother me, but who knows what I would think later on.

Since I don't print wet per se, I am not entirely sure whether it is
over 
expose or scanning artifact. I will play around. As for her hair, it's 
brunette with a very slight hint of red. Very slight. Shows up in
sunlight 
though.

Thanks.

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,
please 
use richard at imagecraft.com) 


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