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Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Adox is working!
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest)
Date: Sun Dec 9 10:16:51 2007
References: <200712082026.32068.photo.forrest@earthlink.net> <06788B97-D238-48A6-9FFF-16262031CC13@pandora.be>

Indeed I will adjust contrast.  This was shot on Ilford XP2.  The camera is 
an 
Adox with an uncoated Xenon lens that I'm falling in love with.  I'll be 
shooting some color next, now that I have the camera working.  I'm eager to 
see it's effects and aberrations with color film.

Phil


On Sunday 09 December 2007 09:59, Philippe Orlent wrote:
> A bit too flat, but isn't that typical for Adox?
> I'd push the contrast a bit.
> Thanks for showing,
> Philippe
>
> Op 9-dec-07, om 02:26 heeft Philip Forrest het volgende geschreven:
> > I finally exposed a roll of XP2 today with the "new" Adox Adrette.
> > That Xenon
> > lens has a nice soft look to it at the wider apertures.  As the
> > camera is
> > scale focused, I need to get better at my distance estimation.
> > I encountered a light leak but that has since been rectified.  The
> > film is
> > still off in vertical register slightly, but that is an issue of
> > take-up
> > spool thickness.  The correct spool is on the way as I write.
> >
> > Here are a few photos with little to no manipulation in the
> > computer, light
> > leak and dust included.  Regardless, I'm really liking the
> > "painterly" effect
> > of the uncoated, low contrast, flare-prone Schneider lens.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/2vp7lv
> > http://tinyurl.com/2mzjny
> > http://tinyurl.com/2re2hn
> >
> > More to come.
> > PhilFo
> >
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In reply to: Message from photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest) ([Leica] IMG: The Adox is working!)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] IMG: The Adox is working!)