Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 3/9/07 7:14 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> typed: > I'm definitely looking for a certain "look" that I haven't been able to get > with modern lenses (and their coatings), modern films, and modern "general > purpose" developers. But some film/developer combinations are exactly what > I'm looking at for certain applications. > > TRI-X and 777 - portraits > FP4+ and PMK Pyro - general purpose (but too slow for most street > photography) > Acros and Prescysol - fine detail (with a tripod) > > 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 Walt > Johnson > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 5:24 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] why users love it > > > Tri X , D76 1:1... Who could ask for anything more??? except Jeffrey? > > Walt > > This issue of the Viewfinder see that Tom Abrahamsson had gone back to Beutlers. At least for one story. I'd not forget that one. A basic classic. And hard to beat. I'm going back to Beutlers myself. Beutlers cant be beat. Elon/Metol fights for you. Builds bodies twelve ways. Almost no sulfite what so ever. Its not a dilute solvent developer. Its a true high acutance developer. Which should be a league above even Rodinal. Mark Rabiner 8A/109s New York, NY markrabiner.com