Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 30, 2010, at 7:12 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: > Ah, I see. glib, but I'm not sure you do... > > That's a given. > > Criticism is as inevitable as breathing, TS Eliot once wrote. Of course I > have opinions, a sense of this and that, and if I have anything I have a > sensibility. I know what I like. i'm willing to like more, but the bar is > high. > > So yes, But merde? Chickens? Trieste? Only in August my man. And then only > if someone else is paying. > > Vince > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:49 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: >> >>> See (Steve) that's the kind of answer I'm talking about. THAT's what I'm >>> talking about. I didn't know any of that shit before. Now I do. >> >> yes, when Henning answers, people (all of us) listen carefully... >> but for any opinion to be evaluated, valued, acted upon... >> the number one important thing is to have your own experience, opinion, >> and >> value system... >> how else do you decide which of the many varied inputs and opinions is the >> one to value ? >> >> >> Steve >> >> >>> >>> Vince >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Henning Wulff <henningw at >>> archiphoto.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> At 11:32 PM -0400 3/29/10, Vince Passaro wrote: >>>> >>>>> Nah you misunderstood: "that's why I'm asking people's opinion's...." >>>>> about >>>>> which one they think is best. The Kodak or the Ilford. Kodak seems to >> be >>>>> winning which was my experience. The Ilford was too low contrast in my >>>>> experience. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> If you won't develop Tri-X then I take it you don't do enlarging. In >> that >>>> case low contrast is your friend, as scanners are much more forgiving of >> low >>>> contrast than medium or high contrast. >>>> >>>> I've used various C41 films; Kodak (various flavours), Ilford XP and XP2 >>>> and Agfa's. All work fine for scanning. For printing I like the Ilford >> XP2 >>>> best if I do it myself. Photofinishers generally like the Kodak films >>>> better. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> * Henning J. Wulff >>>> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >>>> /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com >>>> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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