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Subject: [Leica] M6 Initiation
From: thurmanphoto at gmail.com (Wendy Thurman)
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:36:59 +0430
References: <f681deda1002231857g6009cd02vc40103129389401e@mail.gmail.com> <40952A4D724C48278269B34E4EEF22A2@jimnichols> <f681deda1002231915q2837cda6v615905a4a45ef068@mail.gmail.com> <68F7C40F-93B8-42F9-BF26-07E4D0670747@woh.rr.com> <f681deda1002232004q137677fbnd2f522e5e14cd012@mail.gmail.com> <6.2.5.6.2.20100225105605.02c47470@med.cornell.edu>

I did so this morning!

Wendy

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Chris Saganich <chs2018 at 
med.cornell.edu>wrote:

>
> Please purchase Hewes stainless reels or one of the other high quality
> ones, you will never have a problem.  I do all my loading in a changing bag
> as well.  It beats having to have a lightless room somewhere.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> At 11:04 PM 2/23/2010, you wrote:
>
>> Chris, Rob-
>>
>> Thank you for looking and for the encouragement.  I'm in a bit of
>> primitive
>> situation wrt darkroom- don't have one!  The film fumbling is done in a
>> changing bag and all else in the bathroom.  I may well go back to the
>> plastic ratcheting reels if I don't get the metal reel skills down.  I'll
>> develop for Hugh Thompson as well and I don't want to ruin the man's film.
>>
>> The image is from the first roll shot on the M6.  This was my first real
>> Leica experience.  I shot a couple of frames long ago on a friend's M3 but
>> until yesterday, that was the extent of it.  I am going to like this
>> camera-
>> it's a much more personal experience than are the DSLRs.  The Leica/film
>> combination will, I think, work very well on the street here in Kabul.
>>  I'm
>> psyched!
>>
>> Wendy
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 7:54 AM, rob mcclure <rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Really nice, Wendy. Great subject, composition and processing. Your
>> mention
>> > of metal reels brought flashbacks of ruined film -- I could never get
>> the
>> > metal reels to work properly and finally gave up and used the plastic
>> ones.
>> >
>> > Rob
>> >
>> > On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:15 PM, Wendy Thurman wrote:
>> >
>> >  Jim-
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for the kind remarks.  I've lost my touch with the stainless
>> >> reels; ruined several negatives on the roll and noticed a lot of
>> spotting
>> >> on
>> >> other frames.  I'll get there sooner or later!
>> >>
>> >> The camera is a joy to use- it makes me think.
>> >>
>> >> Wendy
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at 
>> >> lighttube.net
>> >> >wrote:
>> >>
>> >>  Wendy,
>> >>>
>> >>> It looks like you are doing fine!  That image is better than most of
>> mine
>> >>> when I used that film/developer combination, many, many years ago.
>>  Show
>> >>> us
>> >>> more.
>> >>>
>> >>> Jim Nichols
>> >>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Thurman" <
>> >>> thurmanphoto at gmail.com
>> >>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:57 PM
>> >>> Subject: [Leica] M6 Initiation
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I shot some film with the M6 yesterday.  There's a bit of a learning
>> >>> curve
>> >>>
>> >>>> with the camera; digital has made me a lazy photographer.  I really
>> >>>> enjoyed
>> >>>> using the camera but it's going to take a while for this relationship
>> to
>> >>>> develop.  Speaking of developing, my film processing skills have
>> >>>> atrophied
>> >>>> as well and I've got some work to do in that department.  Anyway,
>> here's
>> >>>> one
>> >>>> on Tri-X shot at ISO 400 and developed with D-76:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/Untitled-2.jpg.html
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Wendy
>> >>>>
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