[Leica] Winter shore

[Daniel Ridings]

Thanks Nathan,

This was due to a challenge from someone on the Leica III users on FB. The
challenge was to use the 90 elmar.

I decided to try something else as well, down-rating Fomapan 400 to EI 250.
Fomapan 400 isn't really anywhere near EI 400, not even Foma's own
technical sheets show it getting much better than 250, 320 max. So since
the day was contrasty, I shot at 250 and pulled back a bit on development,
HC-110 1:47 for 7.5 minutes.

This week I've done the same (EI 250) but used my normal developer, Xtol.
The negatives look good, but I haven't scanned them yet.

Tri-X and even somewhat HP5+ have become so much more expensive. Tri-X
costs 3x's as much, HP5+ 2x's as much as Fomapan. I burn through a fair
amount of film in my old age, so I've been using Fomapan 400. At 400 it
will lose some shadow detail, which you don't always notice in the drab
winters of the north, but it is still ok. For high contrast scenes I would
definitely shoot it at a lower EI. The development time doesn't really need
to vary much from the published times, since it doesn't make it to 400
anyway.

I'll scan some Xtol developed frames tomorrow.

Thanks again

Daniel


On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 8:16 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> These are gorgeous, Daniel, especially the first one. What film did you
> use?
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> > On 7 Mar 2021, at 07:35, Daniel Ridings via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
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> > Here are a couple of shots from my IIIf and 90 Elmar from a couple of
> weeks
> > back, when it was colder, about the same time Texas and large parts of
> the
> > northern hemisphere were going through a rough spot. I was using the IIIf
> > and siblings because they had diopter adjustment. That was before my
> > surgery.
> >
> > Those little boxes with a piece of cloth running horizontally can still
> do
> > what they were intended to do, let in the right amount of light at the
> > right time.
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> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2021-02-15-0001.jpg.html
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2021-02-15-0005.jpg.html
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> > They're from one of my Corona walks. Without realizing it I have been
> doing
> > a PAW for about the last year, based on walks that I force myself to get
> > out on. I am one of those who have remained pretty isolated otherwise.
> >
> > Actually, I noticed that Flickr was probably pestering people when they
> > followed links there, so I thought I'd set up a "LUG" album on the
> gallery
> > to avoid that.
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