[Leica] Nathan's PAD 23/11/2023: Eri on film

[Don Dory]

Your favorite model does very well.  If you recall from long ago the LUG
had long discussions about Across and how it had become our favorite film
in the slower speed category.  Long discussions about Xtol dilutions. In
any case, with an f1.4 lens you should do very well with a 100 speed film
in most situations.

On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 12:47 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> I have recently been testing various films with the Adox HR developer. I
> like that developer because of convenience: the dilutions are very high,
> like 1:30 or 1:40 depending on the film, and you only prepare what you need
> that day. This eliminates the problem I have with powder developers like
> D76, which have to be mixed to produce 1 liter of stock solution which has
> only limited shelf life, so I end up wasting a lot of developer. With the
> Adox, I do not have this problem. It is a liquid developer in a small
> bottle (100 ml) and keeps very well.
>
> Last week the film I tested was Fuji Acros, shot in my Leica M2 and 50mm
> Summilux. I did a photo session with Eri, my favourite subject, who is a
> big aficionado of her fellow Greek Maria Callas, and she adopted a couple
> of poses frequently used by Callas.
>
> Apparently this one is a classic Callas pose:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-WKRgn9n/A
>
> This is just Eri smiling:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ScMR9F7/A
>
> The following day we had the last-Friday-of-November drinks, and I used
> the same camera on our new trainees. They love the pictures. Somehow,
> people really respond differently when they see these film photos, shot
> with a camera and lens that were produced well before they were born (my M2
> is from 1966 and the Summilux I used from 1961).
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
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