Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave: Plan B sounds good. We have a nice forecast for this Sunday here in Massachusetts, (why can't Obama, "Massatoosetts" pronounce the name of our state correctly, especially since he attended Harvard?)... and plan to shoot more foliage with the Rollei 2.8F and the R8 loaded with more Ektar 25. Jim David Rodgers wrote: > Len, > > Looks like I won't be able to find any until after the autumn leaves > have fallen. I know it would be perfect for the mountain foliage this > time of year. > > I'll try Plan B this weekend, which means using a Rolleiflex with Portra > 160VC, which I have in 120. I have a handlebar back on my MTB that can > house a Rolleiflex or an M6 with a couple of lenses. With Plan B I'll > miss not having the 28/2.8 M which is the ultimate lens for landscapes. > > The Creeper trail is pretty tame. You can even take a shuttle from the > base to the top and it's all downhill. I prefer to ride up and down. > It's an old railroad bed so the grade isn't bad. All in all it's a > relaxing, fun ride. > > http://www.vacreepertrail.org/ > and > http://www.vacreepertrail.us/ > > I considered Plan C digital but I like film. I'm lazy. I can just drop > film off at Walmart on the way to work and pick up prints and a CD on > the way home. I like having prints and scans that are ready to go, and > having negs. > > The Walmart lab does fantastic work. It's staffed by students from a > state school for the hearing impaired and they are very much on top of > things. A lot of people must still be shooting film because they're > always very busy. Hopefully I'll find some Ektar soon. I'm anxious to > try it. > > DaveR > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leonard Taupier [mailto:len-001@verizon.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:44 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] New Ektar 100 > > Hi David, > > I saw the tech sheet yesterday as well. It sounds like a great film. > I don't know where you'd find it though. Freestyle and B&H don't have > it. > > Len > > > On Oct 16, 2008, at 12:25 PM, David Rodgers wrote: > > >>Does anyone have any experience with the new Extar 100? (At least I >>assume it's new.) I just came across the tech sheet while looking for >>film. I'm heading to the Virginia Creeper trail this weekend to do >>some >>MTB riding and want to take some color print film to use in my M6. >> >>http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/films/ektar/ >>ektarIn >>dex.jhtml?id=0.2.26.14.5.14&lc=en >> >>http://tinyurl.com/64sqo9 >> >>DaveR >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 >