Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi All, Perutz did make film as well as chemicals. I have a roll of clearly labeled Perutz black and white film my father shot on my parents trip to the US over the North Atlantic in December, 1951 (the North Atlantic crossing in winter time, how, um, lovely). The grain is certainly on par with modern Plus-X in D-76, which is to say pretty darn good. The camera was his then two-year-old IIc with a coated f3.5 Elmar 50mm. Of the current black and white films in 35mm, my standard for "normal" lighting conditions is also Ilford Delta 100. This is an almost magical film when coupled with Leica lenses. The visible grain is on par with T-Max 100, which is to say virtually invisible at 8" x 12", but the film is less contrasty than T-Max with noticably better edge definition. A fantastic film. On the bag topic, I have a Lowe "Trim Tech Odessy" camera bag bought about 10 years ago. It has been through hell, and held up quite well. I did use Scotch-guard on the top flap a time or two for insurance. I am currently waiting to get a Billingham C-335, I believe, which is their "M6" bag. Finally to Fred Ward, I don't know if you intended to copy the LUG with the post to Carl, but I'm glad you did. Great stories! Will