Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Arche, I love shooting in these types of markets. But as someone suggested, try getting some more images where people's faces are visible and there is some interaction between buyer and vendor going on. Regarding the film issue: I have used both T-Max 3200, Ilford Delta 3200 and Fuji Neopan 1600 over the years (until I switched to digital in the fall of 2004). Of those films, I found the Fuji to be the best compromise between speed and grain. Don't get misled by the names--those 3200 numbers are nothing more than marketing hype; all three films have more or less the same speed, and all three can be pushed to 3200 if needed. But the best results are at 1200-1600. In any event, I don't see why you need 3200 in shopping malls--those are usually well lit, with a reasonably fast lens you should be just fine with Tri-X at 400. And finally, with the fast films developer is important too--I read somewhere that despite the T-Max name, the T-Max developer is actually a poor choice for T-Max 3200. Try instead XTOL 1+1 or Ilfotec DD-X if that is still available. Nathan Arche, Harvey wrote: > A little help, please, guys. After 25 years of working mostly with > lith-films (ASA of about 2) I know squat about using anything over Tri-X > at 400. I can see needing to go 3200 in the future, as I plan to shoot > in malls and other such places this summer. This gallery is a first > effort using Tmax 3200 and some of these pictures are rough as a cob, > even with a lot of PS massaging. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Nashville-farmers-market > > Any comments, criticisms, and pointers gratefully accepted as > street-shooting is very new to me. Any preferences between 'greens > buying' 1 and 2? Tech stuff: IIIc w/ 3.5 summaron (being replaced w/ a > CV 35/2.5 c), tmax 3200p in Tmax dev. 1:4. > > Thanks, > > Arche > > Oh, and on the deer as rats thread, the last few years I was living in > Missouri and there was a sheriff who regularly announced a suspension of > deer-poaching laws in his county. I once hit one in an RX-7 and saw my > life flash before my eyes. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog