Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do prefer the phone photo in these. It makes me wonder why anybody bothers with film these days. I don't have the time, patience, or money to use film anymore. Tina On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 12:43 AM, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com> wrote: > I decided to dip into film photography again, and this is the first fruit: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/bwphotos/ < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/bwphotos/> > > We were driving the Blue Ridge Parkway in western NC near the town of > Boone. I pulled into an overlook to watch a spring shower move across the > mountains and valleys. I captured a B&W film image with a Leica R9, 21-35 > Elmarit, and Tmax 100, and one with my iPhone. I?ve posted both, both > tweaked for contrast in PS. I?ve also posted the iPhone image converted to > greyscale, just for comparison. > > I certainly like the B&W, but I?m not sure this kind of largely > mid-grey-toned scene (as opposed to Lluis-type street scenes) is what B&W > is made for. Here I think the color image works best. > > And I?m either disappointed in the quality of the film image or impressed > by that of the iPhone image ? both, I guess. This kind of image quality > from a camera tucked in almost as an afterthought, just because they could > do it, into the corner of a cell phone! That?s borderline miraculous. > > I didn?t expect this much grain with Tax 100, but I may have been > heavy-handed with Photoshop on the film image. Also, the scale of the > iPhone image is larger, with an equivalent FL of 28mm vs. the 21mm of the > film image. I?m going to scan the negative with my own scanner to get > equivalent pixels-per-degree in both images, re-process them both, and see. > > > C&C welcome. > > ?howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html