[Leica] M7 body coming - Lluis - A change of heart

[Peter Dzwig]

I have to add a rider to this:

I went back to Ilford and complained. They apologised profusely and say that
they had the TIFFs still available but had written to CD as JPEGs in a variety
of resolutions, because that is their standard practice apparently.

They then downloaded the TIFFs to me directly. I have to say that the standard
is very high and the resolution vastly increased, the tonality shows much
greater depth and the noise correction that they apply has worked wonderfully.
FWIW the TIFFs are 13.5 Mb on disk, 4500 x 3000 pixels greyscale.

Originally they only sent me back the results from one film, but a gentle push
and the other was downloaded from the archive too.

So: A bit of a you-know-what, but put right in the end. Glad that I complained.

Outcome: Ilford are very much back in the frame. Just be careful to check what
they do.

Peter

On 13/03/2016 22:59, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> I tend to agree but if you want C-41 you are quite limited...basically to
> Ilford, although there is some BW400CN still around on the shelves.
> 
> If I can inject a word of caution: watch the processing workflow. A lot of these
> guys say that they will provide TIFFs or hi-res JPEGs. In my humble experience.
> I have processed four films recently, two through my (formerly excellent) local
> dev shop and two by Ilford.
> 
> Neither came back as I requested as High Res TIFFs. Both the dev shop and Ilford
> returned scanned JPEGs. In the case of the dev shop the girls who now run it
> didn't seem to know what a TIFF was; to them developing was just a piece of
> workflow. Pop in the film at one end of the scanner and out pops a JPEG. Trouble
> was that they were only 1M.
> 
> The Ilford ones at least were 3. -5 M, but goodness knows what the variation
> signifies or how the decision was made.
> 
> In short you need to find someone you can trust and build that relationship.
> 
> But don't let that put you off film. It is still a brilliant medium.
> 
> Peter
> 
> PS From conversations I understand that some of the processing machine
> manufacturers no longer supply machines that will do other than supply JPEGs
> 
> On 13/03/2016 13:31, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Hi Gerry,
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>> Permit me to jump in—while film selection is not as good as 20 years ago, in B&W I have bought some of the same films I used back before going digital, such as Tri-X, Fuji Acros, and the Ilford films.
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>>> On 13 Mar 2016, at 10:01, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:
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>>> Lluis
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>>> your comments are of great interest. Now I have made the decision to shoot film again for some of my work I cannot wait to get started. I am a little out of touch with modern films, so which do you use?
>>>
>>> Gerry
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>>>> On 13 Mar 2016, at 02:15, lluisripollphotography <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Good new Gerry!
>>>>
>>>> I’m shooting again film too, I have several films to develop, I’m a little disappointed with all these problems with sensors etc… , I have followed the comments on the LFI about the sensor problems and one of the members has said "If you want "real" B&W, pick up an earlier M Leica or any other film camera and shoot film.”
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>>>> As you say, we are trained for this!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Lluis
>>>>
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>>>>> El 12 març 2016, a les 17:21, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> va escriure:
>>>>>
>>>>> I ordered a used M7 today, and I am looking forward to getting back to film after 13 or 14 years. I bought it mainly as a backup in case anything goes wrong with my M9, but having said that i shot film for around 40+ years from the age of 14 and it will be good to play with it again. Back to the world of exploring which film is best handled by the processors I guess because i don't want to get into the processing side of life, which I never did enjoy. it should arrive on Tuesday complete with an 'Artisan' half-case and a Leicatime strap - such class!
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>>>>> Gerry
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>>>>> Gerry Walden LRPS
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>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
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