[Leica] Winter shore

[Nathan Wajsman]

Great, Daniel. I have quite a bit of Fomapan in my fridge as well.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
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Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>

YNWA

"I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right"












> On 9 Mar 2021, at 21:20, Daniel Ridings via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> 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?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> 
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> 
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> 
>> YNWA
>> 
>> "I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 7 Mar 2021, at 07:35, Daniel Ridings via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Daniel
>>> 
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