Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don Dory Wrote: > A half hearted recommendation as the film does produce a > recognizable image. > > The grain looks like sand and the shadow detail goes black, that's a good > thing as Dmax should be black and the contrast including > microcontrast goes > way up. This is a special purpose emulsion for times when an > image is more > important than the what it looks like or for an artistic look, not to be > confused with an every day high speed film. If you want normal looking > images in the dark you should look at 400 speed Provia F and push > it one or > two stops. > Thanks Don I bought a roll just because I'd never used it before and it's always fun trying out a new film. However, it is good to have some idea of it's look/limitations before loading it up. I've always found that it's worth trying any film that comes my way as one day a situation may arise when it's just what I'm looking for! ...or not... cheers Brian McCarthy brian@imagespace.co.uk www.imagespace.co.uk - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html