Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I keep telling people: don't throw out your film stuff - give it to me!!! and I use them! Film, equipments etc. argghhh p.s. that was John quoting me, not John wanting a densitometer :-) On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 5:52 AM, George Lottermoser < george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > wish I'd known. > > i left two of them to end up in a land fill or some sort of recycling > center. > > Light meters and densitometers were once indispensable for a complete > understanding of how our light, film and chemistry all played together. > Now they're built into our cameras, computers and software. > > Densitometers were mandatory to running consistent Kodachrome and > Ektachrome lines. > Every day began with running test strips and reading and charting > densities through filters to determine what had occurred with the chemistry > since the last film run; and over night. Chemistry was then adjusted as > needed to provide results consistent with Kodak's specifications. > > Using a densitometer on black and white negatives, together with the Zone > system at the subject exposure end, provided absolutely consistent and > repeatable results; along with a complete understanding of the various > quantities of light being focused on the various emulsions; as well as the > effects of the various chemicals, and their times, temperatures and > agitations, on each unique emulsion. > > These understandings do in fact translate quite well to using our digital > sensors and understanding both their advantages and limitations. > > a note off the iPad, George > > On Jan 16, 2015, at 10:13 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > > > Would love to have a densitometer. Ah well. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits