Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]STEVE BE EFFING SURE. DO. I TOOK ILFORD, I TOOK KODAK. PROBABLY SIX ROLLS OF THE FIRST AND MORE THAN A DOZEN OF THE SECOND. I GOT MIXED RESULTS, ESPECIALLY AT FIRST BUT CAME TO THE UNCERTAIN CONCLUSION I PREFERRED THE KODAK. ON THE OTHER HAND THERE WAS SOMEONE ON THE LUG ABOUT A YEAR BACK POSTING PICTURES OF ASTOUNDING BEAUTY -- LIKE EARLY SILVER GELATIN PRINTS -- TAKEN WITH THE ILFORD. ME, I MUCH PREFERRED TRI-X TO BOTH OF THEM BUT NOW I'M WANTING TO SHOOT SOME FILM AGAIN I REALIZE THE TRI X IS PRESENTING EXPENSES I CAN'T CURRENTLY AFFORD. THINKING OF GOING BACK TO THE C-41. I SENSED THE KODAK WAS A BETTER FILM ALL IN ALL, FOR MY TASTE, BUT THOUGHT, HEY, I'LL ASK AROUND AND SEE WHAT OTHERS THINK SO WHERE'S THE GODDAMNED CRIME IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. I'm probably only allowed to use all caps when it's Friday in Krakatoa (which, many will recall, is "east of Java"). If so, many apologies. Vince On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >