Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, IMHO if you have a negative you will have something for always, I don?t know if the digital files would be always usable Amiti?s Lluis > El 1 ag 2016, a les 0:40, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> va > escriure: > > >> On Jul 31, 2016, at 3:34 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >>> On Jul 31, 2016, at 10:25 AM, lluisripollphotography >>> <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> 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. >> >> >> > 100 % guarantee of what? > > > fyi, > > > here?s another concept too Lluis, > > > Instead of one image you might have three, one possibly would be cropped > properly, and no dirt to worry about, > > > All being important considerations. > > > Steve > > > >> >> >> Steve >> >> >> >>> >>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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