Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michael, Ilford HP5 plus rated at EI200 and developed in Perceptol 1+2 at 24 degrees for 12 minutes gives very nice, easy to print negs. Delta 100 developed in Dixactol (single bath) is also very good indeed. Regards Mark Pope Swindon, Wilts UK http://www.monomagic.co.uk - ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. Michael Paine" <mickeyp35@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 09 June 2001 19:06 Subject: [Leica] film > I am new here. I notice that most of the posts seem to be in regard > to hardware. So excuse me if this post would be better off directed > elsewhere. > I am just getting back into serious, for me, shooting. I've been in > my point-and-shoot stage for 6 or 7 years with my Mini and have lost > touch with the film situation. I am now back to a full blooded Leica, > M6. I need some comments and/or guidance. > Would someone be so kind as to point me to a source(s), comments > etc., on current slide films, and some on B&W. > A note: I notice that a lot of the photography in the Natl., > Geographic, of late, seems to be on Fuji film rather than Kodachrome. > The film, whose spelling escapes me right now starts with a V. I > would like to know about a serious alternative to Kodak. > Thanks for any guidance. > Michael