Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My thoughts as well. Especially if it was frozen. I never in my life unthawed film and had it be not perfect. Some of it had Mastodon hairs stuck to it. mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:28:00 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] What it the characteristic degradation of Fuji NPS > 160? > > If it was kept cold, It oughta be ok. > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Geoff Hopkinson > <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>wrote: > >> Clayton I follow what you are saying. Should I have said, It doesn't make >> sense for my type of photography to use outdated pro film? >> Post some pictures of your experimenting, folks. I thawed several rolls >> of >> 120 to shoot for fun in my 645, but now have found some of it sadly out of >> date. I shot about 50 frames with my M8 instead, and even posted a new >> casual portrait (that sunk without trace!) So I did go shoot. >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/104733063 >> I'm having a printing day instead and continue working on the Leica Users >> Photo Album book I am editing. Also I have just got my Photoshop CS4 >> update >> and am starting to learn the new tools and doing some training on it. >> >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Subject: RE: [Leica] What it the characteristic degradation of Fuji NPS >> 160? >> >> Quoth the Geoff Hopkinson : >> >>> Clayton, that's an interesting anecdote, but I'm not sure it is >>> applicable here. Experimenting with outdated pro film doesn't seem to >>> have any upside. >> >> Geoff, >> >> That's only true if you're both absolutely certain that your imagination >> and >> technical skills are capable of planning and executing the best possible >> image in any circumstance, AND if you're correct in that certainty, such >> that nothing unexpected could ever benefit you. >> >> Fortunately for me, I am absolutely certain I will never reach that level; >> my problem is that from time to time I drift into acting, and shooting, as >> though I have. (Usually at that point my own work starts to bore me.) >> >>> Every other outcome is worse. >> >> May you never lose that kind of certainty. >> >> And may I never live long enough to have it. >> >> Each to his own. Go shoot. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information