RE: [Leica] Re: HCB's film

["Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>]

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I especially like the HCB response to why there are no sprocket holes on one
side of this film; "I swallowed them!"

Also, that this is one of his few negs never printed full frame with the
black borders.

Tim A

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Buzz
> Hausner
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 5:34 AM
> To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: HCB's film
>
>
> 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?