Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUG: One of the totally unintended consequences of buying the M8 is that I have returned to using film. I always carry at least two cameras and since I've bought the M8, my second camera of choice is the M7. I can carry the same lenses and not worry about two systems. I had, however, forgotten about my frustrations with film. I planned on taking mostly photos of family at Thanksgiving inside houses, so I carried lots of 400 ISO TMax and 800 ISO Fuji film. I didn't plan on coming back through the mountains of NC and photographing waterfalls in the brilliant sunshine of a warm November day. The 800 speed was much too high for most of what I was shooting. I was standing under the Dry Fall waterfall when I ran out of film and had to open the camera and reload, trying to shield the camera from the water. When I got it reloaded, it refused to take photos. I had to replace the batteries. When I got home, I took the film by Walgreens. They developed the color negatives within an hour but the B&W will take two weeks. I would have brought it home and put it in my Jobo but the chemicals have expired and I would have to order more small quantities that would probably expire before I take more film photos. I picked up the color prints and film from Walgreens and mounted the color negatives in slide mounts to scan in my Nikon LS5000. I intended to compare photos taken with the M7 and film using the 35/2.0 Asph lens and the exact same photos taken with the M8 using the 28/2.8 Asph lens. I had lots of examples - people, waterfalls, statues - in many different lighting situations. I cannot get a single acceptable scan of the color negative film. The waterfalls are a brilliant purple or blue. If I use the white balance on the waterfall, the rest of the photo is dark and murky. I'm still working on it but don't have high hopes that I'll be able to compare anything. The digital photos are already with my stock agency. I want another M8. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA http://www.tinamanley.com