[Leica] PESO 02 18 18

[Jim Shulman]

The sound of the firecrackers was deafening--those in the know had ear
plugs.  I should have used ear plugs and a mask (because of the gun smoke.)

Thank you!
Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On
Behalf Of Bernard Quinn via LUG
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 8:22 PM
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Cc: Bernard Quinn <bjq1 at mac.com>
Subject: Re: [Leica] PESO 02 18 18

Love it. The head phones are bigger than she is, almost!

Barney

Barney Quinn, WK3Z
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> On Feb 18, 2018, at 8:15 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/firecrackers+sm.jpg.html
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> M3, Summilux 50, Ferrania P30
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>
>
> Thanks to Kickstarter I helped underwrite the Ferrania film company’s
> resurrection*, which is running over budget and well beyond the
> original timetable.  The underwriting gift was going to be their first
> production of E-6, but in the interim Ferrania decided to make some
> black and white negative film, which they offered to their backers at
> $5/roll for up to five rolls.  I bought five, and I am blown away by
> it (I like it more than Acros).  The problem is that it’s slower than
> molasses (ISO 50 at box speed, though I learned that some people are
> getting desired results at ISO 20).  About six good pictures from the
> first roll were lost because of fast action cursed by tiny DOF in cloudy
> streets.
>
>
>
> Jim Shulman
>
> Wynnewood, PA
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>
>
> *For those of us with long memories, the old 3M Color Slide film was
> made by Ferrania.  It was decidedly inferior to Kodak and Agfa.
> However, with Fuji being about the only company making E-6 today (the
> promised return of Ektachrome has yet to materialize) an alternative would
> be most welcome.
> Ferrania has promised to make their E-6 in 35mm, 120 and 16mm movie.
>
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