Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have read of several different kinds of developers that seem to work forever and, like wine, get better with age. I have seen that written about Diafine. The 777 seems to have in its favor sheer simplicity and long life. If they sold the stuff in the states, I'd be inclined to try it on a lark. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Matt Powell Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:44 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Jeffery PAW - Week 10 - ? la mani?re de Robert Capa On 3/7/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> 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. You might want to look into Harvey's 777, which was the developer of choice for HCB for a time and the house developer at Magnum. Frugal Photographer sells their own version, I believe. http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/Harvey/harvey.html -- MP wooderson@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information