[Leica] So long Rodinal. I'm going to miss you.

[bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)]

You obviously need another Leica body, Dave.

Douglas Herr has an R8 for an interesting price .................  
check it out????

B.

On 17-mrt-2006, at 17:07, David Rodgers wrote:

> I had a couple rolls of 135 Tech Pan that I never shot, simply  
> because I
> knew I'd struggle with it. It always seems to work out that when I  
> have
> slow film in my Leica I find myself needing to shoot indoors in low
> light. If I load fast film I'm outdoors with f16 my only option. TC400
> BW is a great film for scanning, and it has a lot of latitude. But I
> can't process C-41, and I like to process my own film.
>
> I hate to admit it -- because it has a bad rap -- but my favorite film
> is TMAX 400. It impressed me the first time I tried it, which was back
> when it first came out. Even rated at 800 it had amazingly fine grain,
> even in Rodinal. I normally use very diltute Rodinal or XTOL.
>
> TMY does have some quirks, though. Properly developed, the negs almost
> look underdeveloped, or way too thin. That takes some getting used to.
> Especially when I eye the negs next to other films.
>
> BTW, speaking of Tech Pan, several of my all time favorite bw  
> prints --
> which I still have on my walls -- were captured years ago on 120 Tech
> Pan in  a Pentax 645. Makes me wonder why I ever sold the Pentax. I
> guess I wanted the status of owning a Hasselblad :-) !
>
> DaveR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffery Smith [mailto:jsmith342@cox.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 7:36 PM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] So long Rodinal. I'm going to miss you.
>
> After several days of shooting Rollei 25, I am wondering how I used to
> manage with Kodachrome 25 handheld.
>
> 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
> David
> Rodgers
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:16 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: RE: [Leica] So long Rodinal. I'm going to miss you.
>
>
> Jeffery,
>
> I wonder if it's the 100 ASA that a lot of people aren't warming up  
> to.
> I
> don't see a lot of difference between modern 100 and 400 ASA BW films,
> especially in a digital workflow. I've used Acros and it's a nice  
> film.
> I'm
> tempted to try it, and even slower films, now and then. But I
> usually end using something faster.
>
> DaveR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffery Smith [mailto:jsmith342@cox.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:21 PM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] So long Rodinal. I'm going to miss you.
>
> I'm getting very nice results with Fuji Acros. For some reason, nobody
> else
> seems to be warming up to that film.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
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