Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would agree with Doctor George, my first reaction - not having seen the negs - was this shutter is playing a trick on him. Ph George Lottermoser wrote: > If the negatives are as radically different as the scans indicate > and you absolutely trust your meter. > You've got a shutter problem or you're forgetting to stop down the lens. > > or > > if the two negatives appear reasonably close in scale > you've got some scanning issues > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On May 11, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Jim Shulman wrote: > >> I've been having VERY erratic results with my recent processing of >> T-Max >> 100. >> >> >> >> I've used exactly the same the same film, developing regimen, >> camera, and >> exposure meter (the latter two perform flawlessly with K64, so I know >> they're accurate). >> >> >> >> Yet within a frame of each other I get this: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/test+shots/ >> >> >> >> Navy sm. Came out fine, yet Dog Picture sm was a disaster. Both were >> optimized in photoshop to bring out the best from the initial scans- >> Navy >> needed only tiny touch-ups, yet Dog Picture was hopeless. >> >> >> >> Any ideas? It's a bit like Russian Roulette when I'm shooting. >> >> >> >> Jim >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >