Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All nice images, Bob, and proof that even if one is 'stuck' with film, it's possible to get a good result.:-) I esp. like the sleeper and the soccer shot. I might, however, have gotten a lot closer to the sleeper. ___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com ...... Original Message ....... On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:30:17 -0600 bob palmieri <rpalmier@depaul.edu> wrote: "Y'all - " "I've been off the LUG since last summer, when I had the experience of "traveling around the Northeastern USA with a number of different things "to shoot. I carried my 20D with four lenses and my M6, also with four "lenses. "Try as I did, I couldn't seem to shoot a single frame of film for the "entire week long trip. I figured my favorite film rigs were history. " "Recently, however, I've found myself shooting Leicas with Film and "feeling pretty good about the experience. Here are some examples... " "In this shot of a labor rally here in Chicago, the 15mm Voightlander "and a CL loaded with Fuji (low contrast 4-layer portrait film) seemed "ideal for dealing with wildly mixed light and close quarters (the "vignetting is kinda cool, too): " "http://gallery.leica-users.org/album389/stroger_labor_rally_21 " "In this early morning low angle sunlight streetshot in Brooklyn I felt "that the ability of the Kodak 400CN to deal with a very wide lighting "ratio without burning out the highlights was helpful (M6 w/50mm "collapsible Summicron): " "http://gallery.leica-users.org/album389/99_cent_3600_med_cntrst " "And this interior snap (M6, 21CV on Neopan in T-Max) also seems to hold "detail across a wide range of brightnesses with that familiar grainy "texture: " "http://gallery.leica-users.org/album389/Excercise_Program_1 " "On the other hand, this 20D shot (in the alley behind a fancy "restaurant in downtown Chicago) kinda looks to me like it might have "looked a little better if I had used one of those film rigs: " "http://gallery.leica-users.org/album389/alley_soccer_52_b_w_jpeg " "'Course, the DSLR has been a great tool in a whole lot of other "situations in the studio and out shooting live music... although come "to think about it there was one time when the damn clack & whirr of the "peskey thing prevented me from shooting at all during a recital of 20th "century piano music. " "So, count me in as one of those who hopes that enough of these archaic "tools and materials stick around for awhile... 'Meantime, I'm sure the "digiworld will be catching up with the need for quiet, small cameras "with optical viewfinders and wide dynamic range sensors (I'm sure the ""grain simulators" will be improving as well.) " "Comments, of course, are welcome, I think... " "Bob Palmieri " " " "_______________________________________________ "Leica Users Group. "See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information