Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like the look of T400CN indoors, but outdoors my images tended to be sort of washed out in the middle grays (like I had lots of zones 4, 5, and 6 but tapering off like a bell curve on the others. I thought of using a red filter to get some contrast, but then realized that shooting Superia 200 and employing color -> b&w plug-ins would give me the option of using a variety of different filters...after the fact. It's nice to see how an image would fare with different filters once one is in PS. 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 Peter Klein Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:31 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: RE: [Leica] Color Negative Films Jeffery: I shoot BW400CN at 200 or 250 outdoors. And at 400 when I need the speed. It really works. At 200 or 250, you get a bit more shadow density/detail and less shadow noise in scanning. If you really want to shoot it at 400, a yellow-green filter brings the exposures down a notch. While BW400CN doesn't have quite the detail of medium format, it almost feels like it. Seriously. http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/california/JoshTree35.htm (This is probably T400CN, BW400's elder brother. 35/2 Summicron, probably 1/500 at f/8 with orange filter. And a 40mph wind). I've tended to standardize on 400 color and B&W C-41 neg film because it is so flexible. Back when Kodak Supra was readily available I compared Supra 100 and 400, and the 400 was so close to the 100 in quality, it didn't pay to use the 100. If I want a step up in quality, I go to straight to slide film, Provia or E-100. There's something a little more, uh, 'ow you say, velvety about BW400CN than color neg film desaturated. Anyway, it works for me. --Peter At 04:19 PM 4/3/2006 -0700, Jeffery wrote: >Superia 200 converts to grayscale very nicely, with rich grays. I >prefer it to B400CN, particularly in bright light (don't like stoppin' >down to 22). _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information