Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/02

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: HCB's film
From: Buzz Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 07:34:24 -0500

HCB had the habit...maybe still does...of editing his negatives by cutting
out the single frame he liked and discarding the rest.  I believe this is
the case for the puddle jumper and you will probably be unable to read the
film stock from a single frame.

	Buzz Hausner

- -----Original Message-----
From: Jem Kime [mailto:jem.kime@cwcom.net]
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 4:49 AM
To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: HCB's film



Whilst I agree that in gazing at some of his pictures, the quality, 
particularly of the early examples, are exemplary for the time, I have to 
say that a question like, 'What film did/does HCB use?' is a pretty inane 
one.
The guy's been shooting since 1930-something, are we thinking he only used 
one film, or are we supposed to list every film he's ever used? I'm sure 
that he'd have tried an awful lot of films over the years.
I did rifle through my books yesterday trying to find that picture of a 
hand holding his famous negative of the Man jumping over the puddle, just 
to see whether the film stock could be read, but I couldn't locate it. Can 
anyone remind me?