Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well if your using a tripod why the hell would you be shooting tri x? Have you ever checked the resolution? It no wonder you don't bother using Zeiss lenes. I've never seem a shot render "too" clean. Not fond of the murky over exposed but darkened look with crushed highlights which don't separate becuae they were placed far over the top of the curve. Mark William Rabiner > From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 00:23:26 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Ten new film images from the Netherlands > > Mark, as a matter of fact, I used a tripod rated for up to 30 lbs, it's a > Benro knock off of Gitzo. Carbon fiber that I can carry up and down cliffs > and long hikes. In fact, many of the water image, including the first one > on > the most recent blog posts are... 8 second exposure or more, with a ND > filter. > > I am glad that my techniques are validated by you :-) > > I shoot Tri-X because I like the look. Acros 100 is fine too. I'd say I > shoot 90% Tri-X and 8% Acros. Acros sometimes looks a bit too clean for my > taste. > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 11:05 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> Try putting your medium format or Xpan camera on a Gitzo carbon fiber >> tripod >> with a nice cable release and shoot Delta 100 or Neopan Acros and shoot >> them >> at 100. >> The film I did most my medium format landscapes with and I did quite a bit >> as Pan F 50 rated at 50. But the medium speed (100) tab grain films are >> pretty good. Maybe as good. >> If it was me though I'd shoot Fuji Neopan Acros which may not be a tab >> grain >> film but which looks better than Delta anyway. >> >> http://www.fujifilmusa.com/products/professional_photography/film/neopan_bla >> ck_white/100_acros/index.html >> Or >> http://tinyurl.com/ye5egh8 >> >> You'd think a tripod would slow you down but you'd be wrong shooting >> landscapes they speed you up. You have your hands freed and you can >> think. >> Take readings with a hand held meter or spot meter. >> I've found the rocks and trees seldom make a break for it. >> Just get a good ball head anything fast breaking you'll be able to get. >> The 100 speed films in general make the 400 speed films look very dull. >> And are so much sharper its not even funny. They blow up many times >> better. >> Its hard to judge the grain quality becuae you'll never see it without a >> powerful magnifier. >> >> That's how work such as yours is normally done. >> Hand holding shots of trees and rocks and water is ridiculous if its >> medium >> format. >> Even using a nice ball head with an M9 and Leica glass at the minimum iso >> or >> pull setting would be bound to be revelatory. >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >>> From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 22:01:39 -0700 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Ten new film images from the Netherlands >>> >>> Those are 35mm Tri-X but on the XPan, i.e. 24mmx65mm. A couple of the >> recent >>> posts were on the Shen Hao 617 but the majority of the images you see on >> my >>> blog are 35mm Tri-X film. I rate them at ISO 250 or 320, develop with >> Xtol >>> 1+1 using the Jobo. >>> >>> Xtol 1+1 gives me the most flexibility with my Jobo tanks - I can develop >>> one roll or up to five rolls using that ratio. If I use 1+2, then I can >> only >>> do one to three rolls. >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> I click on where to see a tri x landscape image? >>>> If your using tri x for medium format landscapes you're not exactly in >> the >>>> inner loop. >>>> >>>> >>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> >>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>> Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 20:42:46 -0700 >>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Ten new film images from the Netherlands >>>>> >>>>> Mark, I shot about 60 rolls of Tri-X so far this year. So I'm not >>>> entirely, >>>>> pardon the expression, talking out of my...hat. I know lately that you >>>> are >>>>> on a LUG Gallery kick, but if you bother to click on my links, you will >>>> see >>>>> many samples. At 1100 pixels across, they are not too small either. >>>>> >>>>> It's definitely true that once scanned and photoshopped, lots of things >>>> are >>>>> equalized. When they make a Digital Xpan, I'd be the first to get it. >>>>> >>>>> Until then, it's Tri-X for me, with an occasionally Acros 100 or >>>> Neopan-1600 >>>>> thrown in. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> That's that quaint expression "There's nothing like a good Tri-X" used >>>>>> with >>>>>> slight irony a wink wink and we wonder what gets communicated. An >>>> element >>>>>> of >>>>>> truth in that statement or just whimsy? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >>>>> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >>>>> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >>>>> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >>>> previous >>>>> replies in your msgs. ] >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >>> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >>> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >>> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >>> replies in your msgs. ] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information