Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Verichrome Pan
From: csocolow <csocolow@microserve.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 22:01:46 -0500

I find it my current favorite film in my Holga. The exposure lattitude
of the film makes up for the dearth of controls in the Holga. And with
those optics, who cares about sharp or grainless.

Mike Johnston wrote:
> 
> Verichrome Pan--now there's probably the flat-out prettiest film you can
> buy today. Shoot it through a yellow filter and develop it in something
> like D-23. Man, if pictures were food, you'd gobble that right up.
> Scrumptious. Medium format, and it's even better. Man, I wish I had the
> patience to shoot Verichrome Pan.
> 
> It ain't the sharpest, it ain't the most grainless, it ain't the fastest
> or the contrasty-est or the anything-est...just the purtiest.
> 
> --Mike

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Carl Socolow

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