[Leica] Re: Leica & Linhof

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

I got the film back from the lab. All of the Leica stuff looks as I would
expect. Good. My 4x5 photographs taken against the sun were a little hot.
The fog was coming in and the moisture content was high so the distant
scene looked a little washed out. The close foreground was right on.

What I do is take the same scene on at least two sheets. I only process
one. Check it and then process the second sheet (or however many others
there are) appropriately. So I processed all of the rest (five), minus one
stop. They look perfect. The foreground stayed right on and the background
toned down just enough. Bracketing with the Leica is much easier. You don't
have to push and pull the process.

I had a Sinar for a couple of years. All of the little degree marks, for
me, were basically useless. There OK for static studio stuff that doesn't
have large multiple dimensions to keep in focus. By the time you attempt to
do the math and set the camera movements, you could take five different
scenes using a loupe and ground glass. With practice, it is actually quite
easy. But it does take practice. I was out of practice on Sunday so I
fiddled longer than I wanted to.

Jillian's R7 photographs with the 21/4 SA were outstanding. She was using
E100 VS. Like the SA 28PC, the SA 21 is wunderbar.

Jim


At 03:34 PM 6/29/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Jim Brick wrote:
>><snip>We then drove
>> south along the Sonoma coast to Bodega Bay.><snip>
>> Jim
>We drove that route on our honeymoon!
>I'd heard rumblings about innovations in the dark cloth thing. Another
>way to get me back into sheet film. Get me back is not a fair thing to
>say because I've never given it much of a shot. And I am all set up for
>it, rubber tanks and all. I took my Cambo to the coast once. Shot some
>shampoo bottles with it once. I might have told you my lens is a Fujinon 210.
>I just got back from an hour walk through the park trails with my dog.
>He hadn't been in the big park in over a year and was thrilled and
>almost overwhelmed. NOT a photogenic experience. The woods at crescent
>lake in Washington are though if you are into rain forests.
>Ever since Sinar's patent ran out on it's "thing" a slew of other
>cameras have it but I don't think field cameras yet. I'm sure you know
>what I am talking about. The not having to go back and forth inovation.
>Ever fooled with it? I guess if you spent your life shooting toaster
>ovens it would be a godsend.
>Glad you had a nice family weekend.
>Mark Rabiner
>