[Leica] [IMG] PESO - Following Lluis

[lluisripollphotography]

Hi Peter,

I’m glad to see your excellent B&W pictures. The first one “A Bar” it seems to me that the blacks are blocked and there is no difference in the shadow zones or very small. The second one “A couple…” is fantastic”, I really love it! it could be a HCB or Doisneau pic, the B&W values are perfect too for me. The night views are excellent too, really nice!

I want explain my latest experience, I only shoot what I think is “true B&W film” … say HP5, FP4, Tri X…., my latest experiences have made my preferences for Ilford, some people has said me that the quality of the emulsions are any more as they was for Tri X.  One year ago I’ve tried several Labs but I was always unhappy and finally decided develop again myself and I have to say, I’m happy. I was tried once the Lab provide me a scanned film in Tiff, I was absolutely disappointed, the shadows was completely blocked and now I continue scanning myself. I use Vuescan and I highly recommend you it because I get DNG files from my scanning and my process is the same as I do with digital, my files are about 5000 px larger side and 34 MB at 16 bpi. The only problem I have to solve is the water quality, I get negatives with many spots, I will develop my next batch with distilled water on all the process.

We have saw the latest work from Gerry, using again film, I have to say that for me the film give the best B&W at least for my own preferences, the Monochrome is very nice, but not the same …

Thanks for sharing your experiences!

Cheers
Lluis




> El 14 juny 2016, a les 19:24, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> va escriure:
> 
> LUGgers,
> 
> About two weeks ago I had to travel to Brussels for a week. This was about the
> time that Lluis was having his MM repaired and was using film. So I decided to
> follow suit and took my M3 and of course film.
> 
> Workflow:
> 
> Unlike the great man I don't soup my own, so I sent my rolls of XP2 plus and HP5
> to Ilford for them to do the messy bit and scan them to High Res TIFs. I can't
> say that I am impressed with what I got. The negs are OK, but the TIFFs came
> back as greyscale and not of the greatest quality. In order to use them with NEP
> I had to convert them to RGB/8. Having made most adjustments with NEPI then
> finished them off in PSE.
> 
> 
> What follows are the results. Some I am pleased with, some less so. They are all
> taken in St. Catherine, which is an old but rather touristy area away from the
> tourist areas,  full of young people and a few good restaurants and a large pool
> around which everyone gathers.
> 
> All are M3 with 5cm Summaron hand held. Most of these are XP2 @ 400ASA at speeds
> of about 1/60th to 1/15th hand held.
> 
> 
> A bar:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/BarStCatherine-1.jpg.html>
> 
> A couple having a drink by the pool:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/CouplePoolStCatherine-1.jpg.html>
> 
> 
> A dark side street nearby:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/DarkStreetStCatherine-1.jpg.html>
> 
> 
> One of the old churches in the area: Yes I know it looks a bit like it's tilting
> back, but I really like the lighting here and decided to leave it as it is ;-) :
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/BruusselsChurch-1.jpg.html>
> 
> 
> More to post later.
> 
> It was a really interesting and valuable lesson in how to take pictures simply
> 
> 
> Your comments and constructive criticisms are as always welcome,
> 
> Thanks for taking the time to look.
> 
> Peter Dzwig
> 
> 
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