Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: film breaking during cold loading - became windchill
From: Henry Ambrose <henryambrose@home.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 10:42:02 -0600

Brougham, while in an obviously hypothermic coma, wrote:

>Arriving to the US in the fall, the new immigrants settled in the
>south.  The first winter was mild.  All was good.  The next summer,
>their brains boiled.  All who had any sense left moved north.  The
>rest?  They stayed in the south.  :)
>
><ducking behind his snow fort, and stockpiling snowballs for return
>fire>

 And then came to his senses momentarliy and wrote:

>I'd try some of the pro portrait films.  The ones geared toward
>wedding photographers.  If a film can get a white wedding dress next
>to a black tux, it has quite a range!  Kodak Portra 160NC or Fuji NPS
>160 come to mind.

>Go for B&W.  Use XP2.  It's generally a low contrast film, so shooting
>it in high contrast scenes can make it print about right on normal
>paper.

These are excellent suggestions for high contrast shooting - low contrast 
negative films! Along with other's suggestons for a tiny bit of fill 
flash (2 to 3 stops under the ambient exposure) you may tame that harsh 
sunlit look.

Henry Ambrose
A Happy & Prosperous New Year to All !!!!!!!!