Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery, With scanners picking up any flaw in a negative I've found that I can not afford to not use a hardening fixer. Just pulling a negative out of the sleeve can leave enough of a scratch that I have to heal the wound before I print it. As to Rodinal, with the higher speed films I mostly use, Xtol 1:2 or 1:3 works better magic for me. But I think that I will try Acros in Rodinal 1:50 to see if I can get better tonality than I can with Xtol. I think that the increased edge effects will work to my advantage. I'll find out in the next couple of weeks. Heresy, I will be using a tripod with an M and modern glass to see just what can be done on some abstract images with 35mm. On 11/11/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > Part of the issue is probably my reluctance to jump into the middle of an > M8 > dicusssion to ask a question about Rodinal or hardening fixers. ;-) > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don > Dory > Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 9:13 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Sigh...... > > > Jeffery, > Well, for the most part rangefinders are still raging on. Tina and Ted > will > be showing us more and more of their M8 images. For the most part, all of > my PAW's are film based, M originated images. > > Many on this list are still shooting film, probably a minority at this > point > but still a significant number. Digital is attracting the attention > because > the work flow is much easier. I must admit that developing film is > becoming > a minor chore and my preference is E-6 as the processing is for me much > easier(someone else does the work) But, I shot what will probably be some > very good images of the framers working on the house next door and the > excitement of looking at the negatives for the first time tomorrow morning > will be the same rush as it has always been. > > Possibly it is the same reason that we no longer endlessly debate the > optical qualities of first generation Summicrons versus Summitar's; the > points have all been made many times. In the past few years there haven't > been too many radical breakthroughs in film. The new IR from Rollei is > pretty interesting as you don't have to load it in the dark, the new > Velvia > 100F brings back most of the qualities of the old Velvia with some > lessening > of the over the top red saturation. Yawn. > > The beer in the saloon is still just the way you want it, the scenes from > rural Britain continue to amaze, travelogues from Amsterdam and nearby > countries down to Seville bring us to places we probably will never go, > photo tips and crits from Ted help us all get better. > > So, your point that we have a large group of friends that occasionally > talk > about Leica's and film is well taken. Clink, cheers and long life. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 11/11/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > > > The rangefinder rage over the past 6 years has been fun and exciting. > > When I first got back into film photography in about 2000, the renewed > > interest in > > rangefinder cameras came at just the time I had a renewed interest in > B&W > > photography. There were many, many posts on the LUG, LEG, Rflist, and > CVUG > > lists. But now that digital has caught on and is here to stay, I have > more > > and more trouble finding film-related threads on the lists. Indeed, the > > posts on the CVUG and Rflist are few and far between these days. I'm > > wondering if the LUG should bifurcate into a LUG and a dLUG. I guess > not. > > The people on the LUG like one another too much to build a wall > separating > > formats. > > > > I guess this all really hit me when I tried to buy a Pentax 35mm SLR. > > I had to get one second-hand at KEH. > > > > Jeffery Smith > > New Orleans, LA > > http://www.400tx.com > > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >