Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, I'm sorry that your film got screwed. I suspect that their chemistry was way out of control. They aren't doing much film either and the clerks don't typically understand an action line on the control chart, just that the manager was yelling at them to get the machine up as a customer wanted a one hour. If you shoot film, try E-6 down here in Atlanta. They are a very clean dip and dunk lab for color and hand process B&W although in FG7 Don don.dory@gmail.com On 11/27/06, Tina Manley <images@infoave.net> wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >