[Leica] What it the characteristic degradation of Fuji NPS 160?

[leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee)]

> >> I agree!  The most valuable part of whatever goes into making a 
> >> photograph
> >> is the opportunity.  I see little value in saving a few pennies
> at  the risk
> >> of blowing an opportunity.

I am reminded, watching all of this, of a seminar I went to back 
years ago.  Dewitt Jones, then of National Geographic, was the 
presenter.  Of course, this being back in film days, when the Q&A 
arrived, one of the early questions was the dreaded "keepers per 
roll" issue.

His response, after the obligatory heavy sigh, was that if his kpr 
ratio went below about three frames, he wasn't paying attention, and 
if it went over about five, he wasn't trying hard enough, wasn't 
experimenting, wasn't pushing the limits or trying things to see what 
would happen if he broke the rules and did things he wasn't supposed 
to do.  It's amazing how many of the world-beater shots he showed 
were in fact happy accidents.

Each to his own, I guess... 


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