Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It sure does. Just set the meter at 800 asa and go to work. Light's too bright? Reset at 400. Done shooting, send the film off to the lab. (Where, if the truth be known, it is developed in Xtol. Couldn't be simpler: Shoot. FedEx. Open front door and pickup negs from stoop. Scan. Print. Next job. ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeffery L.Smith Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 2:34 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] If you had only one B&W film/developer combo, which would it be? LOL! That makes life pretty easy, huh? ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of B. D. Colen Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 12:19 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] If you had only one B&W film/developer combo, which would it be? Tri-X. Developed in what ever is on the shelf.;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:13 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] If you had only one B&W film/developer combo, which would it be? Ilford Delta 400 developed in XTOL 1+3. Nathan "Jeffery L.Smith" wrote: > If someone were to ask me for my recommendation for ONE GOOD SLOW > SLIDE FILM, I would probably blurt out "Velvia", and if I were asked > for ONE GOOD FAST C-41 COLOR FILM, I would probably blurt out "Fuji > Superia 800". > > I am going to focus this year's PAW on B&W images whenever possible. I > have been away from developing my own B&W film for 20 years, and many > of the films I used to prefer are no longer around. Also, there are > about 3x as many B&W films available now compared to then. XTOL is > also "new" to me. > > I would like to find one good predictable film and developer. If I > were to ask you for a recommendation for a B&W film and developer > combination with an E.I. Of 400 to 800 (+/- 200), what would you blurt > out? > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html