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Subject: [Leica] I think it can not be fixed
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (lluisripollphotography)
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 19:25:50 +0200
References: <AE7C3A05-F7FF-4264-BA4F-4DF51DD04658@gmail.com> <6C829736-3460-4D2A-871F-9FDAA9D1D0E1@frozenlight.eu> <E4D49B3B-4796-4645-A090-347D6729A845@gmail.com> <BA20AE8F-9745-4EA0-86CD-F00A0F1D8238@gmail.com> <6CF06C9C-FEEC-45D4-A4DD-BF366B1F0E34@frozenlight.eu> <58E7C58F-0D39-44E6-937B-37A947512033@gmail.com>

I would like add another concept, imagine you shot a great image you want it 
was preserved by collectors for years ?., IMHO only film give you this 100% 
guarantee.

Lluis


> El 31 jul 2016, a les 19:20, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> va 
> escriure:
> 
> 
>> On Jul 31, 2016, at 10:01 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I am not Lluis, Steve, and I am no expert but I have recently gone back 
>> to film for, say, 10-15% of my shooting. Why? Because it has some ?je ne 
>> sais quoi? to it?tonality, magic, whatever.
> 
> Agree Nathan, but maybe the experience is entirely, "in the brain".
> I suspect if we put up 50 digital images; and 50 film images and  tested 
> our ability to tell the difference, we would be right, probably as much as 
>  50 percent of the time.
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
>> And there is a distinct pleasure in shooting my Leica M2 with period 
>> lenses like the 50mm Summilux from the 1960s or the 90mm Tele-Elmarit 
>> that still deliver such superb images. It may not be wholly rational, but 
>> nobody is paying me to take pictures?I have a good day job which provides 
>> me with a decent living?so I can take pictures in whatever way pleases 
>> me. 
>> 
>> I am going to spend a day with Lluis in his summer home, Sitges, about 30 
>> km south of Barcelona. The plan is to walk around with him, and hopefully 
>> use his invisibilty cloak and his charm to get some decent shots of my 
>> own. I plan to shoot mainly film?I will take a digital camera with me to 
>> supplement the M2, but most likely it will be just the Ricoh GR or 
>> perhaps the Fuji X-T1 with just one lens, the tiny but superb 27mm.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws 
>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> YNWA
>> 
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>>> On 31 Jul 2016, at 18:07, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Lluis, a question to run by you, now an expert, if this same image has 
>>> been shot digitally, would you have had more power to fix it, the way 
>>> you would like?
>>> 
>>> many thanks,
>>> 
>>> amities,
>>> 
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 31, 2016, at 8:56 AM, lluisripollphotography 
>>>> <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you Nathan, I forget it, as you say I have other images to work
>>>> 
>>>> Un abrazo
>>>> Lluis
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> El 30 jul 2016, a les 7:15, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
>>>>> va escriure:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Lluis, I am sure you can do something using Photoshop heroics and 
>>>>> other voodoo but given how many great images you have in your files, 
>>>>> it just does not seem worth the effort.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Un abrazo,
>>>>> Nathan
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>>>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws 
>>>>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: 
>>>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
>>>>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>>>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
>>>>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>>>>> YNWA
>>>>> 
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>>>>>> On 30 Jul 2016, at 02:30, lluisripollphotography 
>>>>>> <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Please take a look to this picture from 1992 (please view large), I 
>>>>>> like very much the expression and the moment but the picture is bad, 
>>>>>> beside the negative is dirty and I would have to clean, the picture 
>>>>>> is undefined, out of focus, I think I can?t anything to improve it? 
>>>>>> any idea?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Vintage/Vilanova_Vintage/199202007LR5.jpg.html>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c will be appreciated
>>>>>> Lluis
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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