Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffrey: It's the very early Rodinal that was continued in production in East Germany after the war. Supposed to be excellent and more akin to the early formula (1889?) Walt Jeffery Smith wrote: >I have a lot of Agfa 400 that I bought when Agfa went belly up. I'll try >some of that with Rodinal. > >J&C has something called Rodinal but the packaging is different. It's >called Rodinal R09. I'm wondering if it is the same stuff. > >JLS > > > > >>From: Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> >>Date: 2006/03/08 Wed AM 10:16:10 EST >>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Jeffery PAW - Week 10 - ? la mani?re de Robert Capa >> >> >> >>Jeffery Smith wrote: >> >> >> >>>Resisting digital as long as possible, I'm trying to find a >>>film/developer/lens/technique that will give me the look of some of the >>>old >>>Capa and HCB images. I just received my first two boxes of Rollei 25 (the >>>varnished wooden boxes are pretty darned elegant for holding 10 rolls of >>>film) which I hope will give me a bit more density >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Jeffery: >> >>If all it took to emulate Capa, HCB or Frank was a trip to the local >>photo store we'd all be rich and famous. Unfortunately, (well, you fill >>in the rest) >> >>One point though, density is a function of exposure not film speed and >>in fact slower films are much thinner emulsions than say Tri-X or HP5. >>I'd bet Capa and Bresson were shooting something akin to the fast >>films of their day. >> >>When Photographers Formulary starts producing their Rodinal copy in >>liquid form and you're still looking for "that look" try it and Tri-X. >>That darn stuff was the oldest formula developer on the market and would >>give substance to your images like nothing else. >> >>If you want to experiment, try 1 camera, 1 lens (28 or 35) and a pocket >>full of film. Go back to the 9th ward (where you've done so well >>already) and pick one scene. Do this one scene until it can't be done >>any better. Most importantly, look at the scene. */Watch the light/*, >>and when it's time to shoot, do it. Don't forget the most important >>thing, /*Watch the light. */When you think you can't do it any better, >>stop and /*Watch the light. */That's why they call it photography. >> >>Walt >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > >Jeffery > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >