Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -----Original Message----- From: SP <spaniel@pacbell.net> >Jeff: What tripod (manufacturer and model) are you using with your B1? > Gitzo 1228 Mountaineer--so far, I am in awe of this thing, and just as soon as I shake what ails me; bad head cold, I think; I expect to be hauling this featherweight beauty about and testing out the Tmax 400/Xtol combo (thanks to everyone for the suggestions! Maybe if I had been getting my Vitamin C through film processing, I'd not be sniffling about today :-) ) Oh, and diverging totally from the subject at hand, I was fortunate to purchase a copy of Beyond The Zone System by Phil Davis at my local Barnes & Noble, at 20% off. This looks to be a fascinating, though rather technical, volume which might help greatly reduce the amount of trial and error in the darkroom. Included are plans for a stand to use one's spotmeter as a transmissive/reflective densitometer! I am basically lazy, and hope that, once film/developer/paper/meter characteristics are known, that I can pretty much just light up the two little M6 meter arrows and get absolutely stunning art every time :-) Of course, once I'm that good, I won't need a Leica, just a throwaway box camera!